Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation

Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement

Institute of Medicine, Roger Herdman, John T. Potts (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

104 Seiten

1998
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-06424-8 (ISBN)

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Non-heart-beating donors could potentially be of importance in reducing the gap between the demand for and available supply of organs for transplantation. This book examines transplantation supply and demand, historical and modern conceptions of non-heart-beating donors, and organ procurement organizations and transplant program policies.

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 "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...."

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Transplantation Supply and Demand
3 Background
4 The Modern Non-Heart-Beating Donor
5 Survey of Organ Procurement Organization and Transplant Program Policies
6 Analysis, Findings, and Recommendations
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

John T. Potts, Principal Investigator; Roger Herdman, Project Director; Institute of Medicine

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Transplantation Supply and Demand; 5 3 Background; 6 4 The Modern Non-Heart-Beating Donor; 7 5 Survey of Organ Procurement Organization and Transplant Program Policies; 8 6 Analysis, Findings, and Recommendations; 9 References; 10 Appendix A; 11 Appendix B; 12 Appendix C

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.1.1998
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-309-06424-4 / 0309064244
ISBN-13	978-0-309-06424-8 / 9780309064248
Zustand	Neuware