TY - JOUR
T1 - An organ for my child
T2 - Public appeals for limited resources
AU - Wightman, Aaron
AU - Freeman, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - The case of Jamie Fiske and subsequent public appeals for particular children by President Ronald Reagan represent classic cases in pediatric bioethics in which parents or others publicly appealed for a donor organ for a particular child. These raise questions about the appropriate boundaries for public appeals for a limited resource for a particular child and how the press and medical community should respond to such appeals. Public appeals by parents to advocate for their child to receive a limited resource above others promote rationing by morally irrelevant factors and shift the public focus from the national shortage of organs for transplant to the needs of a particular child. Yet these appeals are understandable and will likely continue. Recognizing this, we consider appropriate responses by the media, transplant community, hospitals, and individual clinicians.
AB - The case of Jamie Fiske and subsequent public appeals for particular children by President Ronald Reagan represent classic cases in pediatric bioethics in which parents or others publicly appealed for a donor organ for a particular child. These raise questions about the appropriate boundaries for public appeals for a limited resource for a particular child and how the press and medical community should respond to such appeals. Public appeals by parents to advocate for their child to receive a limited resource above others promote rationing by morally irrelevant factors and shift the public focus from the national shortage of organs for transplant to the needs of a particular child. Yet these appeals are understandable and will likely continue. Recognizing this, we consider appropriate responses by the media, transplant community, hospitals, and individual clinicians.
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2020-0818I
DO - 10.1542/peds.2020-0818I
M3 - Article
C2 - 32737231
AN - SCOPUS:85089111162
VL - 146
SP - S42-S47
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
SN - 0031-4005
M1 - e20200818I
ER -