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ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2023

Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders: 10-Years of Preliminary Experiences in the Netherlands.

Nathalie van Dijk, Paulan Stärcke, Wim de Jongh, Nichon Jansen, David Shaw, Jan Bollen, Walther van Mook

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Article in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathalie van DijkDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Paulan StärckeEuthanasia Expertise Center, The Hague, Netherlands.
Wim de JonghDepartment of Surgery, Transplantation Coordination Services, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Nichon JansenDutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands.
David ShawCare and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Jan BollenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Walther van MookDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Maastricht University · NLApotheek Haagse Ziekenhuizen · NLHealth Holland · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

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Abstract

Euthanasia based on psychiatric suffering, followed by subsequent organ donation, is considered medically and legally permissible in the Netherlands. Although organ donation after euthanasia (ODE) in patients suffering from unbearable psychiatric illness is performed, it is not specifically addressed in the Dutch guideline on organ donation after euthanasia, and national data on ODE in psychiatric patients have not yet been published. In this article, the preliminary results of the 10-year Dutch case series of psychiatric patients who choose ODE are presented and potential factors influencing opportunities for donation in this population are discussed. We conclude that further future in-depth qualitative exploration of ODE in patients suffering from psychiatric illness and its associated ethical and practical dilemmas, including the consequences for the patient and their family and healthcare professionals, will be important to help make sense of potential barriers to donation for people undergoing euthanasia as a result of psychiatric suffering.

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EuthanasiaMental DisordersOrgan TransplantationTissue and Organ ProcurementHumansNetherlandsdisordereuthanasiaorgan donationpsychiatric illnesssuffering

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PMID36846601
PMCPMC9948004
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