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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://news.yahoo.com/nj-parents-disabled-girl-denied-transplant-073139239.htmlhttp://news.yahoo.com/nj-parents-disabled-girl-denied-transplant-073139239.html.

The issue the Riveras face is not simple, said Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics.
For example, the blog notes that Rivera told the hospital that "we plan on donating" the kidney, since they come from a large family.
"Most adults can't donate an organ, because it won't fit" a child, Caplan said. [b]"You're starting to say you're going to use another child as a living donor, and that's ethically really trouble."[/b]

However, in recent years some hospitals have pioneered ways to use an adult's kidney in a child.

According to this article, it sounds like the use of adult kidneys in children is not yet standard of care, but rather in the developmental stage.  That is also the impression I got from the Stanford page someone posted earlier.

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This guy is talking out of his ass.  It sounds like he is completely speculating that they want to use another child as a donor.  I would love to see even ONE quote from someone who is actually involved in this situation that says that the parents want to have a CHILD act as a living donor.  [/quote]

EXACTLY!  Thank you!  Just because this Caplan guy (who is not a nephrologist, nor is he affiliated with CHOP) made these statements means nothing!!!!!!!!!!  This family never intended to use a living child as a donor for their little girl.  Period!  Whatever you may think about whether or not Amelia should get a transplant this should not be part of the discussion because it would never happen.[/quote]

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