A Monographic Evaluation of The Organ Transplantation in Turkey, from the Ethical and Legal Points of View: Review

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Organ transplantation is a method of solution for the problems in situations that severely impair the maintenance of life in an individual, because of functional disorders in a tissue or organ. Organ transplantations are no longer operations that carry risks, but they are safe and successful surgical interventions that maintain long-lasting recovery periods, increase quality of life, and are more commonly applied in a gradually increasing manner. Besides its medical aspects, organ transplantation has an extremely wide range of social, legal and ethical features. Validation of the moment of death, permission of donor, and cash benefit from organ transplantation are the matters of debate all over the world, regarding the ethical considerations. Regulation of all these issues by laws does not mean that the procedures are proper for ethical norms, but since compliance with laws has been maintained, limits of the criminal or legal liabilities are also defined. The National Coordination System is the most fair regulation in the organ allocation. The organs controlled by the Turkey Organ Control System are legally provided for the proper patient who is medically the most urgent and in a great need, according to the order of priority in the list. The aim of this study is to evaluate the problems associated with the organ and tissue transplantations, by considering the legal and ethical aspects that are specific for Turkey.