Key safeguards for China's new approach to organ donation and transplantation-Interpretating essentials of Regulations on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation
10.3760/cma.j.cn421203-20240716-00167
- VernacularTitle:中国新质器官捐献与移植的重要保障——《人体器官捐献和移植条例》要义解读
- Author:
Youhua ZHU
1
;
Lei ZHANG
;
Shunliang YANG
;
Wenyu ZHAO
Author Information
1. 海军军医大学第一附属医院器官移植科，上海 200433
- Keywords:
Organ donation;
Organ transplantation;
Law;
Supervision;
Publicity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation
2024;45(10):699-701
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
China has made remarkable advances in the field of organ donation and transplantation. However, with surging demands for organ transplantation services, there is still a large gap. Thus the Chinese development of organ donation and transplantation has a lot of catch-ups. The new Regulations on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation accorded with domestic conditions, culture and ethics. It specified that organ donation and transplantation should adhere to the general principle of "People Foremost & Life Primary" and strengthen the top-level designs of five operating systems of organ donation, acquisition & distribution, transplant clinical services, transplant quality control and supervising & optimizing. Upholding the protection of the rights and interests of both donors and recipients, it strengthened the supervision of the whole process of organ donation & transplantation, emphasized the importance of publicity & education of organ donation, provided a more solid legal guarantees for standardizing and promoting organ donation & transplantation and ushered in new opportunities for further developments of human organ donation & transplantation.
