Is it Morally Acceptable to Remove Organs from Brain-Dead Children?

Lancet Neurology 6:90 (2007)
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Children have the right not to be exploited by the desire of adults. When a brain dead child has said nothing about brain death, we have to think that the child has a right to live and die peacefully, fully protected against the interests of others.

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