Current policy requires separate informed consent for some Public Health Service increased-risk donors, and this can make shared decision making harder.

Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion.

Although identical twin-to-twin skin grafting has resulted in excellent survival rates in burn patients, the nature and scope of ethical decision making in monozygotic sibling skin grafting needs further examination.

The AAP’s guidelines on lipid screening for children raise concerns about the fundamental purpose of prevention and its role in balancing individual autonomy with the benefits of society at large.

Although organ donation conflicts with self-interest, because donation is vital to the community, interventions to increase it are ethically justified.

Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit.

Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues.

Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences.

An overview of what the law and medical ethics have to say about gaining consent from adolescent for medical treatment.