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Transplants: bioethics and justice.

Claudio Cohen, Jos Ricardo Meirelles

    Revista Do Hospital Das Clinicas
    |February 6, 2004
    PubMed
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    The current organ transplant waiting list law fails to ensure justice and equality. A new system is needed to individually assess patients based on medical necessity, ensuring equitable organ allocation.

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    Area of Science:

    • Bioethics
    • Philosophy of Health
    • Medical Law

    Background:

    • Bioethics emphasizes justice and equality in healthcare.
    • Current organ transplant legislation (Law no. 9.434/97) utilizes a singular waiting list.
    • This system, despite objective criteria, may not align with true equality principles.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the existing organ transplant waiting list system in light of bioethical principles.
    • To evaluate the law's adherence to concepts of justice and equality.
    • To propose improvements for a more equitable organ allocation process.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of Brazilian legislation (Law no. 9.434/97 and regulation no. 9.4347/98).
    • Application of bioethical principles, specifically justice and equality.

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  • Philosophical examination of the concept of treating 'unequals' unequally.

    • Main Results:

    • The current 'one-and-only waiting list' system institutionalizes inequalities.
    • The system fails to provide a case-by-case analysis based on individual medical necessity.
    • Patients are subjected to chance, deviating from the law's intended justice.

    Conclusions:

    • A collegiate of medical experts is necessary for case-by-case evaluation.
    • Organ transplant allocation should be based on differential medical criteria and necessity.
    • This approach would ensure greater justice and preclude unequal treatment of patients with special circumstances.