Background In Europe, opt-out policies (ie presumed consent) for deceased organ
procurement are an increasingly common strategy to address the organ shortage (Additional …

Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than
90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or …

Background Maintaining adequately high organ donation rates proves essential to offering
patients all appropriate and available treatment options. However, the act of donation is in …

The objective of the present article is to review moral assumptions underlying organ
donation in the intensive care unit. Data sources used include personal experience, and a …

This paper defends an 'opt-out'scheme for organ procurement, by distinguishing this system
from 'presumed consent'(which the author regards as an erroneous justification of it). It, first …

Health Care Ethics is a comprehensive study of significant issues affecting health care and
the ethics of health care from the perspective of Catholic theology. It aims to help Christian …

Objective: Limited availability and durability of allograft conduits require that alternatives be
considered. We compared bovine jugular venous valved (JVV) and allograft conduit …

Background: The kidney is the most common transplanted organ, accounting for almost all
living donor transplantations and most deceased donor organ transplantations. The organ …

The near-universal acceptance of cadaveric organ donation has been based on the
provision of explicit consent by the donor while alive, either in the form of a formal opt-in or …

Critiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst making constructive
suggestions about medical education, this book extends the scope of medical ethics beyond …