Education in the National Transplant Law as an ethical pathway for the construction of the health care value in Colombia

Biomedica. 2024 Aug 29;44(3):305-317. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.7388.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

The national transplant law in Colombia, Law 1805 of 2016, modified the Colombian legislation regarding how a person accesses an organ transplant, but above all, it changed the donor figure, establishing the term derived from the presumptive consent right. This term implies a person’s hypothetical willingness to be an organ donor as a manifestation of solidarity and charity towards another person in a situation of need and vulnerability concerning his/her health and the dimensions that define it. In the following text, seven moments are considered fundamental facts when constructing a culture about the value of healthcare in the national transplant policy in Colombia.

La Ley Nacional de Trasplantes en Colombia, Ley 1805 de 2016, modificó la legislación colombiana en cuanto a cómo se accede a un trasplante de órganos, pero, sobre todo, cambió la figura de donatario y dispuso el término derivado del derecho del consentimiento presuntivo. Este define la hipotética voluntad de una persona de ser donante de órganos como manifestación de solidaridad y beneficencia con otra persona en situación de necesidad y vulnerabilidad relacionada con su salud y las dimensiones que la definen. En el siguiente texto se presentan siete momentos que se consideran hechos fundamentales en la construcción de una cultura del valor de la atención en salud en la política nacional de trasplantes de Colombia.

Keywords: organ transplantation; tissue and organ procurement; bioethics; education; informed consent; living wills.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Colombia
  • Delivery of Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Policy / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Organ Transplantation* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Tissue Donors / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / ethics
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / legislation & jurisprudence