Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation
eBook - ePub

Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation

Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement

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eBook - ePub

Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation

Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement

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About this book

Non-heart-beating donors (individuals whose deaths are determined by cessation of heart and respiratory function rather than loss of whole brain function) could potentially be of major importance in reducing the gap between the demand for and available supply of organs for transplantation. Prompted by questions concerning the medical management of such donors--specifically, whether interventions undertaken to enhance the supply and quality of potentially transplantable organs (i.e. the use of anticoagulants and vasodilators) were in the best interests of the donor patient--the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asked the Institute of Medicine to examine from scientific and ethical points of view "e;alternative medical approaches that can be used to maximize the availability of organs from [a] donor [in an end-of-life situation] without violating prevailing ethical norms...."e;This book examines transplantation supply and demand, historical and modern conceptions of non-heart-beating donors, and organ procurement organizations and transplant program policies, and contains recommendations concerning the principles and ethical issues surrounding the topic.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
1997
eBook ISBN
9780309174206
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  3. Preface
  4. Contents
  5. Executive Summary
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 Transplantation Supply and Demand
  8. 3 Background
  9. 4 The Modern Non-Heart-Beating Donor
  10. 5 Survey of Organ Procurement Organization and Transplant Program Policies
  11. 6 Analysis, Findings, and Recommendations
  12. References
  13. Appendix A Letter to the Institute of Medicine from theDepartment of Health and Human Services
  14. Appendix B Agenda and Summary of Workshop on Medical and Ethical Issues in Maintaining the Viability of Organs for Transplantation
  15. Appendix C U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations and Letter of Request for Non-Heart-Beating Donor Protocols