The case against conscription of cadaveric organs for transplantation

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-336

  Glannon, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749128184     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108080407     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Spital A. Conscription of cadaveric organs for transplantation: A stimulating idea whose time has not yet come. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2005;14:107-12. See also Spital A, Erin CA. Conscription of cadaveric organs for transplantation: Let's at least talk about it. American Journal of Kidney Disease 2002;39:611-5; and Spital A, Taylor JS. Routine recovery of cadaveric organs for transplantation: Consistent, fair, and life-saving. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2007;2:300-3.
2. See note 1, Spital 2005:108.
3. See note 1, Spital, Taylor 2007:301.
4. R. Veatch supports this position in cases of non-heart-beating cadaver donors in Transplantation Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press; 2000:Chap. 13.
5. See Veatch R. Abandon the Dead Donor Rule or change the definition of death? Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 2004;14:261-76. Also, Fost N. Reconsidering the Dead Donor Rule: Is it important that organ donors be dead? Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 2004;14:249-60.
6. As distinct from donation after brain death, in donation after cardiocirculatory death the 5-minute wait is to allow for the possibility of autoresuscitation, the heart's ability to resume beating on its own.
7. Harris J. Wonderwoman and Superman: The Ethics of Human Biotechnology. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1992:103. Also, Harris J. Organ procurement: Dead interests, living needs. Journal of Medical Ethics 2003;29:130-4.
8. Childress JF, Liverman CT, eds. Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action. A Report from the Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2006:205-28.
9. Truog RD. Are organs personal property or a societal resource? American Journal of Bioethics 2005;5:14-6.
10. Hester DM. Why we must leave our organs to others. American Journal of Bioethics 2006;6:W23-8.
11. Also, Howard RJ. We have an obligation to provide organs for transplantation after we die. American Journal of Transplantation 2006;6:1786-9.