[TEACHING RESUSCITATION SKILLS ON A NEWLY DEAD INFANT].

INTRODUCTION: Trainees in pediatrics and neonatology have to learn and remain updated regarding current lifesaving intubation procedures. The decrease in clinical indications for neonatal intubation limits their ability to practice and perfect procedures. Alternative methods for training, e.g., the use of manikins, do not satisfy the intended goal. Legitimization of the use of newly deceased infants for practice purposes is morally acceptable and may save lives. The requirement of mandatory parental consent for this type of training may result in reduced resuscitation capabilities and in loss of lives.

Pecuniary and non-pecuniary incentives to increase the rate of organ donations from the living: a moral exploration.

This paper examines the morality of schemes of payment to live donors/sellers of organs for transplantation. Following empirical and historical evidence, it is argued that consent to sell organs is substantially different from consent to ordinary business transactions and that legalization of exchanges of organs with financial benefits deviates significantly from the scope of liberal toleration and liberal conceptions of human rights. Although altruistic giving is commendable, it is immoral for society to benefit from them without conferring to the donors benefits such as health and nursing insurance for life. Non-alienable and non-fungible benefits of this kind are moral as incentives to organ donation/giving.