[Not-for-profit: A report from the fourth annual symposium of ethics held by the National Institute for Blood Transfusion (France)]

J Ceccaldi; J-B Thibert; A Haddad; M-C Bouësseau; R Pottier; B Danic; S Noël; M Monsellier; J-D Tissot; T Sannié; B Clavier; M-F Mamzer; J-P Cartron; J-P Vernant; C Hervé; O Garraud

doi:10.1016/j.tracli.2017.04.003

[Not-for-profit: A report from the fourth annual symposium of ethics held by the National Institute for Blood Transfusion (France)]

Transfus Clin Biol. 2017 Jun;24(2):76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2017.04.003. Epub 2017 May 2.

[Article in French]

Authors

J Ceccaldi¹, J-B Thibert², A Haddad³, M-C Bouësseau⁴, R Pottier⁵, B Danic², S Noël⁶, M Monsellier⁷, J-D Tissot⁸, T Sannié⁹, B Clavier¹⁰, M-F Mamzer¹¹, J-P Cartron¹², J-P Vernant¹², C Hervé¹³, O Garraud¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Espace bioéthique aquitain, hôpital Saint-André, Bordeaux, France.
² Établissement français du sang Bretagne, Rennes, France.
³ Département de biologie clinique et banque de sang, hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, université libanaise, Beyrouth, Liban; EA3064, faculté de médecine de Saint-Étienne, université de Lyon, Saint-Étienne, France.
⁴ Organisation mondiale de la santé, Genève, Suisse.
⁵ EA4569 université Paris-Descartes, laboratoire d'éthique médicale et de médecine légale, Paris, France; Département des sciences humaines et sociales, université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
⁶ Établissement français du sang, Saint-Denis, France.
⁷ Fédération française pour le don de sang bénévole, Paris, France.
⁸ Transfusion interrégionale CRS, 1066 Epalinges, Suisse; Faculté de biologie et de médecine, université de Lausanne, Suisse.
⁹ Association française des hémophiles, Paris, France.
¹⁰ Centre de transfusion sanguine des armées, Clamart, France.
¹¹ EA4569 université Paris-Descartes, laboratoire d'éthique médicale et de médecine légale, Paris, France; UF d'éthique médicale, hôpital Necker-enfants-malades, AP-HP, Paris, France.
¹² Institut national de la transfusion sanguine, Paris, France.
¹³ EA4569 université Paris-Descartes, laboratoire d'éthique médicale et de médecine légale, Paris, France.
¹⁴ EA3064, faculté de médecine de Saint-Étienne, université de Lyon, Saint-Étienne, France; Institut national de la transfusion sanguine, Paris, France. Electronic address: ogarraud@ints.fr.

PMID: 28476210
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2017.04.003

Abstract

The not-for-profit issue has been debated in November 2016 in Paris; this issue is one of the four canonical pillars of ethical blood donation. It is intimately bound to benevolence though it is distinct, as not-for-profit calls for institutions while benevolence calls for individuals. It is indeed intended that voluntary blood donors do not benefit from their donation and are thus non-remunerated. Not-for-profit is essential since it refers to the public character of blood as a putative public resource aimed at being shared as a tribute of solidarity. A central question however is linked to the capacity- or not -of public sectors to ensure that blood components are universally available, with special mention to plasma derived drugs, without the contribution of the for profit, private sector.

Keywords: Benevolence; Bénévolat; Ethics; Médicaments dérivés du plasma; Non-profit; Not-for-profit; Plasma-derived drugs; Transfusion; Éthique.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes
Beneficence*
Blood Donors / ethics*
Blood Transfusion / ethics*
France
Humans
Motivation

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International