Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation: Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Herdman, Roger; Potts, John T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309064244 ISBN 13: 9780309064248

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1998

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0309064244
• ISBN 13: 9780309064248
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104