ETHICAL ISSUES IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Lung transplantation is now an accepted therapeutic option for many pa tients with incurable end-stage lung or pulmonary vascular disease pro cesses for which other treatment options have been expended. However, as lung transplantation has evolved as a recognized discipline over th e past decade, a variety of ethical issues related to the transplant p rocess are emerging. This article considers those issues through a dis cussion of the four fundamental principles of biomedical ethics.