Donation after cardiocirculatory death: a call for a moratorium pending full public disclosure and fully informed consent

Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 17 - 17
Published: Dec 29, 2011
Abstract
Many believe that the ethical problems of donation after cardiocirculatory death (DCD) have been worked out and that it is unclear why DCD should be resisted. In this paper we will argue that DCD donors may not yet be dead, and therefore that organ donation during DCD may violate the dead donor rule. We first present a description of the process of DCD and the standard ethical rationale for the practice. We then present our concerns with DCD,...
Paper Details
Title
Donation after cardiocirculatory death: a call for a moratorium pending full public disclosure and fully informed consent
Published Date
Dec 29, 2011
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
17 - 17
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