TY - JOUR
T1 - A phased consent policy for cord blood donation
AU - Vawter, Dorothy E.
AU - Rogers-Chrysler, Gayl
AU - Clay, Mary
AU - Pittelko, Larrie
AU - Therkelsen, Dave
AU - Kim, Debora
AU - Mc Cullough, Jeffrey
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - This article focuses on ethical and policy questions concerning when consent may be sought for the collection and donation of cord blood. It reviews the advantages and disadvantages of alternative times for securing consent, challenges common objections to seeking consent during labor or after collection, and describes a phased consent process--a process that permits consent during early labor to the ex utero collection of cord blood followed by after-consent collection to donation. The phased consent policy attends to the unique characteristics of cord blood collection and donation, respects donors and their families, maximizes the number and diversity of cord blood units collected, preserves the relationship between providers and patients, and preserves public trust in cord blood and other types of tissue banking.
AB - This article focuses on ethical and policy questions concerning when consent may be sought for the collection and donation of cord blood. It reviews the advantages and disadvantages of alternative times for securing consent, challenges common objections to seeking consent during labor or after collection, and describes a phased consent process--a process that permits consent during early labor to the ex utero collection of cord blood followed by after-consent collection to donation. The phased consent policy attends to the unique characteristics of cord blood collection and donation, respects donors and their families, maximizes the number and diversity of cord blood units collected, preserves the relationship between providers and patients, and preserves public trust in cord blood and other types of tissue banking.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036779670&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0036779670&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00227.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00227.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12423509
AN - SCOPUS:0036779670
SN - 0041-1132
VL - 42
SP - 1268
EP - 1274
JO - Transfusion
JF - Transfusion
IS - 10
ER -