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(Uncontrolled) Donation after Cardiac Determination of Death: A Note of Caution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Christopher James Doig  and
David A. Zygun
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“I think there’s a big strong belief in [...] the community … and maybe it’s in the world at large that somehow the doctors are more concerned about harvesting the organs than what’s best for the patient.”1 In the past 45 years, organ and tissue recovery and transplantation have moved from the occasional and experimental to a standard of care for end-stage organ failure; receiving an organ transplant is for many the only opportunity for increased quantity and/or quality of life. The increasing prevalence of diseases such as viral hepatitis, diabetes, and hypertension has significantly increased the incidence of end-organ failure. Additionally, surgical advances have permitted less stringent qualification criteria, so that people of advanced age or patients who may be in a physiologically fragile state are now eligible to be organ recipients. These changes have created a significant demand for organs.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , Winter 2008 , pp. 760 - 765
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2008

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