Routine Recovery of Cadaveric Organs for Transplantation
| Autor: | Aaron Spital, James Stacey Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty Tissue and Organ Procurement Epidemiology business.industry MEDLINE Organ Transplantation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Organ transplantation Surgery Nephrology Cadaver medicine Humans Life saving Presumed consent Intensive care medicine Cadaveric spasm business Presumed Consent |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2:300-303 |
| ISSN: | 1555-9041 |
| DOI: | 10.2215/cjn.03260906 |
| Popis: | Many families deny organ recovery from recently deceased relatives. As a result, valuable organs and some of the lives they could save are lost. Several plans designed to rectify this tragic situation have been proposed, including organ sales. We suggest another approach that we believe to be superior and that is rarely discussed: routine recovery of all transplantable cadaveric organs without consent. Here we show that this plan is ethically acceptable, more equitable than our current opting-in approach, consistent with other mandatory social programs, and life-saving. Based on these considerations, we believe that it is time to eliminate entirely the consent requirement for recovery of transplantable cadaveric organs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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