Exploring the ethical complexity of pediatric organ transplant candidates and COVID-19 vaccination: Tensions between autonomy and beneficence, children and parents.

Libia Lara Carrion Katrina Andrea Bramstedt

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2022)

Our guidance considers the tensions of autonomy and beneficence and the ethical duty of organ stewardship. The harms of being unvaccinated and risking the harms of COVID-19 and long-COVID post-transplant support the ethical permissibility of vaccination mandates in countries where the vaccine has pediatric regulatory approval.

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coronavirus disease
sars cov
decision making
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
young adults