Non-heart beating organ donation: old procurement strategy--new ethical problems

Non-heart beating organ donation: old procurement strategy--new ethical problems.

The imbalance between supply of organs for transplantation and demand for them is widening. Although the current international drive to re-establish procurement via non-heart beating organ donation/donor (NHBOD) is founded therefore on necessity, the process may constitute a desirable outcome for patient and family when progression to brain stem death (BSD) does not occur and conventional organ...

Non-heart-beating organ donation

Transplantation programmes throughout the world are struggling to maintain current levels of organ donation. Transplant waiting lists continue to rise and the resulting deficit is growing year on year. Cadaveric heart-beating donation (HBD), where death is confirmed after brain stem testing, still provides the majority of organs. Over the past 10 yr this type of donation has fallen by approxima...

Non-heart-beating organ donation

Transplantation programmes throughout the world are struggling to maintain current levels of organ donation. Transplant waiting lists continue to rise and the resulting deficit is growing year on year. Cadaveric heart-beating donation (HBD), where death is confirmed after brain stem testing, still provides the majority of organs. Over the past 10 yr this type of donation has fallen by approxima...

Ethical considerations in non-heart beating donation: a narrative review article

Non-heart-beating organ donation. Designing an ethically acceptable protocol.

Dr. DnBois, an associate professor of health care ethics, Saint Louis University St. Ij)uis, is a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing s Region 8 Liver Review Board and Mid-America Transplant Services' Not i -Hea rt-Bca ting Organ Donation Lay Committee. O rgan donation after death is considered a generous gift, a gift of life. In harmony with many religious t radi t ions, the Catholi...