TY - JOUR
T1 - When is directed deceased donation justified? Practical, ethical, and legal issues
AU - Shaw, David
AU - Gardiner, Dale
AU - Ploeg, Rutger
AU - Floden, Anne
AU - Cooper, Jessie
AU - Perez-Blanco, Alicia
AU - Wind, Tineke
AU - Dijkhuizen, Lydia
AU - Jansen, Nichon
AU - Haase-Kromwijk, Bernadette
AU - ESOT ELPAT Working Group On Deceased Donation
PY - 2024/2/1
Y1 - 2024/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Organ donation
KW - directed deceased donation
KW - ethics
KW - law
KW - family
U2 - 10.1177/17511437241231705
DO - 10.1177/17511437241231705
M3 - Article
SN - 1751-1437
JO - Journal of the Intensive Care Society
JF - Journal of the Intensive Care Society
ER -