The human foetus as ‘donor’ of tissues and organs

  • Antonio G. Spagnolo | amministrazione.medicinaemorale@unicatt.it Centro di Bioetica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "A Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
  • Elio Sgreccia Direttore del Centro di Bioetica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "A Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.

Abstract

The possibility of using the foetus as a ‘donor’ of tissues and organs is coming up more and more frequently in the field of transplantation and is being considered by numerous institutional and national ethics committees, as well as by international bodies that have drawn up and are drawing up guidelines.

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2024-09-14
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Spagnolo, A. G., & Sgreccia, E. (2024). The human foetus as ‘donor’ of tissues and organs. Medicina E Morale, 38(5). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.1988.1337