Riflessioni bioetiche circa il trapianto di mano
Published: August 30, 2005
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Authors
Coordinatore Centro Regionale Trapianti, Ufficio Regionale Coordinamento Trapianti Regione
Liguria, Medicina Legale-Coordinamento Trapianti Azienda Ospedale S. Martino, Italy.
Medico , Dipartimento di Medicina Legale, del Lavoro,
Psicologia Medica e Criminologia dell'Università di Genova - Sezione di Medicina Legale., Italy.
Medico , Dipartimento di Medicina Legale, del Lavoro,
Psicologia Medica e Criminologia dell'Università di Genova - Sezione di Medicina Legale., Italy.
Medico Ricercatore, Dipartimento di Medicina Legale, del Lavoro,
Psicologia Medica e Criminologia dell'Università di Genova - Sezione di Medicina Legale, Italy.
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The bioethical issues arising from hand transplantation are discussed in this paper. We briefly recall the first case ever performed of hand transplant, in France in the year 1998. Unfortunately a superficial evaluation of the recipient caused the failure of the transplant with the consequent explant of the graft. The peculiarity of hand transplant poses serious doubts on the opportunity of the non life-saving transplant especially for the controversial costs-benefits relationship of such interventions and the lifelong immunodepressant therapy needed. Most important is therefore the clinical and psychological evaluation of the recipients and the correct communication before and after the intervention. We also underline the limits of the "informed" consent due to the lack of scientifical data on the outcome of such transplant, in respect to the Italian legal framework. In addiction we examine the possible psychological difficulties of the patients to adapt to an organ coming from a dead donor due to the high visibility and strong symbolic meaning of the hand. Our conclusion is for a selection of the recipients limited to strongly motivated, psychologically stable and refusing the protesis application patients such as to get a real improvement to their "health" according to WHO definition.
How to Cite
Gianelli Castiglione, A., Paganelli, M., Braidotti, A., & Ventura, F. (2005). Riflessioni bioetiche circa il trapianto di mano. Medicina E Morale, 54(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2005.385
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