For the majority of scholars concerned with the ethics of living organ donation, inflicting moderate harms on competent volunteers in order to save the lives or increase the life chances of others is held to be justifiable provided certain conditions are met. These conditions tend to include one, or more commonly, some combination of the following: (1) The living donor provides valid consent to...

Recent advances in the fields of organ donation and organ transplant have introduced new hope for the treatment of serious diseases. However, this promise has been accompanied by several issues. The most common issue raised is ethical implications, but in a multicultural society like Malaysia, additional concerns arise pertaining to social and religious issues. These concerns needs to be addres...

Unmet demand for organ transplantation is, in part, a result of low rates of organ donation. While the transplant community works diligently to improve rates of organ donation, patients on waiting lists for transplantation continue to die. This article reviews factors that are associated with rates of organ donation at U.S. hospitals. We analyzed two years of data on the numbers of actual and p...

In a recent issue of the IJOTM, there was a special attention to organ donation. In one study, Chakradhar and colleagues, showed an insufficient level of positive attitude and practice among undergraduate dental students in Heyderabad, India [1]. In another article, Oluyombo, et. al., indicated disparity of knowledge and willingness regarding organ donation among health care workers in SouthWes...

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...

INTRODUCTION It is unclear how much information should be provided to families of potential organ donors about the benefits of organ donation. Whilst this information is material to the donation decision, it may also be perceived as coercive. METHODS Randomised, double blind, controlled trial in which community members watched one of two videos of a simulated organ donation conversation that ...

Governments should issue tax credits for organ donations to ensure that bereaved families honor donor’s wishes, says an ethicist and visiting fellow at the Université de Montréal in Québec. If an advocate acting on behalf of a deceased donor received a modest tax credit, fewer donations would be “vetoed” by family members and people would be more likely to discuss organ donation with their love...

Organ shortage is the greatest challenge facing the field of organ transplantation today. A variety of approaches have been implemented to expand the organ donor pool including live donation, a national effort to expand deceased donor donation, split organ donation, paired donor exchange, national sharing models and greater utilization of expanded criteria donors. Increased public awareness, im...