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Review
. 2018 Mar 5;7(3):45.
doi: 10.3390/jcm7030045.

Organ Transplantation in Iran; Current State and Challenges with a View on Ethical Consideration

Mehrzad Kiani  1 , Mahmoud Abbasi  2 , Mehdi Ahmadi  3 , Bahare Salehi  4
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Organ Transplantation in Iran; Current State and Challenges with a View on Ethical Consideration

Mehrzad Kiani et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Organ transplantation is a new issue in medical science. It is an important achievement and a sign of the progression and ability of medical centers around the world. Governments, populations, the medical community and people involved in culture, art, and media all have a decisive role in the culture of organ donation, which is the only way to guarantee that the healthy organs of a brain-dead person can continue to work and save the lives of people in need of organ transplantation. The brain death phenomenon and its possible application in organ transplantation, while offering new hope for the salvation of a number of patients, has led to many ethical, cultural, and legal issues. Ethical issues in organ transplantation are very complicated due to many social factors such as religion, culture, and traditions of the affected communities. The ethical and legal points of removing organs from the body of a living or cadaveric source, the definition of brain death, the moral and legal conditions of the donor and the recipient, and the financial relationship between them and many others, are all critical issues in organ transplantation. While there may be no available explicit solution to these issues, they should be rigorously considered by the experts. Efforts to systematically eliminate barriers and solve problems in organ transplantation, can not only reduce the costs of maintaining brain-dead patients and encourage patients that need organ transplantation but can also prevent immoral and illegal activities. In this paper, we have reviewed the most important and current challenges in organ transplantation with a view to the ethical considerations, and we have suggested some strategies to extend it in Iran.

Keywords: brain death; ethical issues; extension of organ transplantation; organ donation; organ transplantation.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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