Author/Editor		Jelenc-Puklavec, Alenka
Title		Kazenskopravni vidiki transplantacije
Type		članek
Source		In: Flis V, Reberšek-Gorišek J, Rijavec V, et al, editors. Medicina in pravo: izbrana poglavja: 2001, 2002, 2003. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 59-64
Language		slo
Abstract		The development of medicine has caused an increase in the demand for human organs. This raises the guestion of the legal limitation on organ transplantation. Transplantation must satisfy two basic legal principles: medical justification and legal status of human organs. First, for transplantation to be medically justified, requires that there be medical reasons demonstrating the failure of the existing organs and the need for transplantation. The second principle is the donation of the organ must be gratuitous, which arises from the basic principle of civil law, that parts of a human body should not be the subject of legal transactions. We hear about the violations of last principle in media every day, because lots of people have recognised, that human organ trading can be a very lucrative legal transaction, which many times ends tragically for "donor":
Descriptors		ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION ORGAN PROCUREMENT TISSUE DONORS