Legal regulation of the institute of transplantation in Ukraine

Abstract

The aim: The aim of the study is to generalize the established by scientists features of the legal regulation of the institute of transplantation in Ukraine and other countries. Materials and methods: The article examines the institute of transplantation, its medico-legal character, and the problems of implementing the institute in Ukraine. In the study, the authors applied general scientific methods, which include system analysis, system modeling, dialectical method. The authors used the following materials: laws, decrees of the President of Ukraine, resolutions of the government and ministries of healthcare, dissertations and articles by scientists, assessments of leading experts in the field. Conclusions: Theoretically, the legal aspect of the study of the institute of transplantation is important for formulating the general patterns of its emergence, developing prospects for its functioning and strategic directions for its further development, building a system for protecting the rights of all participants in this legal relationship. Different aspects of transplantation can be considered separately: medical or surgical; biological; psychological. But there is an equally important aspect – the legal one, which reveals the institute of transplantation from the standpoint of the protection of human dignity.