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ReviewClinical medicine (London, England)2013

Legal and ethical implications of NICE guidance aimed at optimising organ transplantation after circulatory death.

Samuel Littlejohns, Holly Bontoft, Peter Littlejohns, Judith Richardson, Alistair Robertson

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Review in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Samuel LittlejohnsThe Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, UK. Samuel.Littlejohns.1@city.ac.uk
Holly Bontoft
Peter Littlejohns
Judith Richardson
Alistair Robertson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing the number of organ transplants is a priority for most governments. While potential new legislation for donor registration, such as the Welsh Government white paper on establishing an opt-out system for Welsh residents, is the focus of most ethical and legal scrutiny, there are also other approaches to increase the number of patients receiving organ transplants. The then National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidance on this issue in 2011, but subsequent debate in this journal has suggested that the guidance was presumptuous and might encourage unethical practice. This paper addresses these concerns and concludes that the NICE guidance provides a legal, ethical and clinically relevant way forward in a complex and developing public health issue.

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Death, SuddenOrgan TransplantationPractice Guidelines as TopicTissue DonorsHealth PolicyHumansTissue and Organ ProcurementUnited Kingdombest interestsconsentdecision-makingethicsfamilyguidancelawMental Capacity Act 2005Mental Health Act 2005NICEOrgan donation

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PMID23908500
PMCPMC4954297

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