The Legal Requirements for—and Limits to—the Donor’s and the Patient’s Consent

The Legal Requirements for—and Limits to—the Donor’s and the Patient’s Consent
Book Chapter
Silvia Deuring
Brain Organoids in Research and Therapy, 10 July 2022; pp 131-190 [Springer]
Abstract
Research with and on brain organoids implicates well-known problems of consent: under which circumstances is consent required, when is it valid, and how far does it reach? In some cases, these problems are exacerbated by the applicability and complex interplay of specific statutes such as the Transplantation Act, the Transfusion Act, and the regulations on medicinal products. For that reason, this article seeks to provide an overview of the problems of consent within the various contexts of brain organoid use.