Cecchi R, Del Vecchio S
Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy.
Med Law. 1995;14(1-2):3-8.
Medical science needs to regulate the transplantation of organs, including the adoption of new guidelines concerning the diagnosis of brain death in patients less than five years old. In fact in the case of anencephalic infants the specific criteria are not the same as those used in subjects with normal physical development. The authors indicate the international medical point of view on what constitutes the diagnosis of brain death in anencephalic infants and discuss medicolegal and ethical aspects.
医学需要规范器官移植，包括针对五岁以下患者采用有关脑死亡诊断的新指南。事实上，对于无脑儿，其具体标准与身体发育正常的受试者所使用的标准不同。作者阐述了关于无脑儿脑死亡诊断的国际医学观点，并讨论了法医学和伦理学方面的问题。
