Recovery of transplantable organs after cardiac or circulatory death: Transforming the paradigm for the ethics of organ donation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Organ donation after cardiac or circulatory death (DCD) has been introduced to increase the supply of transplantable organs. In this paper, we argue that the recovery of viable organs useful for transplantation in DCD is not compatible with the dead donor rule an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-05-01
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| Series: | Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.peh-med.com/content/2/1/8 |