Abstract
AbstractIn this chapter, I explore the limits of the best interest standard and the role of third-party oversight for some medical decisions even when the parents’ decision is not abusive or neglectful. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement, “Children as Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Donors” proposes a role for a living donor advocacy team (third-party oversight) for paediatric HSC donation between siblings. The AAP recommendations are supported by data from the medical literature and from the qualitative empirical study on HSC transplantation between siblings that was conducted from 2016 to 2019 by members of the Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Studies (University of Lübeck).
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Springer International Publishing
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