Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, UK.
Transpl Int. 2011 Dec;24(12):1159-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01367.x. Epub 2011 Oct 8.
Living donation is becoming increasingly used to help fill the gap between the needs of potential organ recipients and the availability of organs from deceased donors. The last few years has seen a small, but increasing contribution from altruistic (or good Samaritan or nondirected) donors. However, use of organs from such donors is associated with ethical as well as practical issues. The rights of the well-informed and consented donor to donate must be balanced against the rights of the surgeons to decline to offer such a service.
活体捐献正日益被广泛采用，以帮助填补潜在器官接受者的需求与已故供体器官供应之间的差距。在过去几年中，越来越多的人出于利他主义（或善良撒玛利亚人或非定向）而捐献器官。然而，使用此类供体器官既涉及伦理问题，也涉及实际问题。有知情同意权的捐献者的捐献权必须与外科医生拒绝提供此类服务的权利相平衡。
