Legal Aspects of Organ Transplant

Authors

  • Jorge Avendaño Hübner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/derechopucp.197401.007

Keywords:

Organ transplantation, Consent, Health Code, Death, Thing out of commerce

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the legal aspects related to organ transplantation. For this purpose, the Health Code will be analyzed, highlighting the most problematic aspects of organ donation and providing a more consistent interpretation for its application. In addition, the different types of death and their relation to organ donation are developed. It is concluded that the definition of death is a problem of great importance because of its legal consequences.

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Author Biography

  • Jorge Avendaño Hübner, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
    Profesor del Departamento de Derecho de la PUCP

References

Código Sanitario (Perú)

Código Civil (Perú)

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Published

1974-12-01

Issue

No. 32 (1974)

Section

Estudios

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Derecho PUCP

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Legal Aspects of Organ Transplant. (1974). Derecho PUCP, 32, 89-92. https://doi.org/10.18800/derechopucp.197401.007