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ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2024

When is directed deceased donation justified? Practical, ethical, and legal issues.

David Shaw, Dale Gardiner, Rutger Ploeg, Anne Floden, Jessie Cooper, Alicia Pérez-Blanco, Tineke Wind, Lydia Dijkhuizen, Nichon Jansen, Bernadette Haase-Kromwijk

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Article in Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2024. 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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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

David ShawInstitute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-6927
Dale GardinerNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Rutger PloegNuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anne FlodenInstitute of Health and Care Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jessie CooperDepartment of Health Services Research and Management, School of Health & Psychological Sciences, City University, London, UK.
Alicia Pérez-BlancoSpanish National Transplant Organization, Madrid, Spain.
Tineke WindMaastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Lydia DijkhuizenDutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Nichon JansenDutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Bernadette Haase-KromwijkDutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper explores whether directed deceased organ donation should be permitted, and if so under which conditions. While organ donation and allocation systems must be fair and transparent, might it be "one thought too many" to prevent directed donation within families? We proceed by providing a description of the medical and legal context, followed by identification of the main ethical issues involved in directed donation, and then explore these through a series of hypothetical cases similar to those encountered in practice. Ultimately, we set certain conditions under which directed deceased donation may be ethically acceptable. We restrict our discussion to the allocation of organs to recipients already on the waiting list.

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directed deceased donationethicsfamilylawOrgan donation

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PMID39224431
PMCPMC11366182

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