Is it ethical to prioritize patients for organ allocation according to their values about organ donation?

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Bramstedt
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Allocation

The Organ Transplantation Act and Recent Trends in Korea

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho No Joo
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Organ Allocation ◽  
Incentive System ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Transplantation Act ◽  
Allocation Criteria ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Brain Dead

The Organ Transplantation Act, including transplantation of organs from brain-dead donors, entered into force in Korea on February 9, 2000. This article introduces the Organ Transplantation Act, focusing on scope of the Act, determination of brain death, removal of organs from brain-dead or deceased donors, removal from living donors, organ allocation, and prohibition of trade in human organs. Especially, some primary ethical dilemmas surrounding organ allocation arise from the shortage of available organs. The primary ethical problems surrounding organ allocation are as follows. A key purpose of the organ donation incentive system is to increase the number of organ transplants from brain-dead donors. In particular, the priority for kidney patient was allowed in consideration of doctor’s strong desire to increase the brain-dead donors. Also, the organ allocation criteria based on the organ donation incentive system appear unfair, especially for the kidney patient, because the criteria do not fit the principles of distributive justice. In the future, the organ donation incentive system itself may need to be reexamined.

Transplantation for the General Surgeon: History of Transplantation, End-organ Disease, Organ Donation and Allocation, and Transplantation Regulation and Ethics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna M Nazarian ◽  
Jasmine Hwang ◽  
Meera Gupta ◽  
Matthew Goldshore
Keyword(s):  
Brain Death ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Organ Allocation ◽  
Donation After Cardiac Death ◽  
General Surgeon ◽  
Living Donation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Transplantation Ethics

This chapter provides a glimpse of the complex regulatory, financial, ethical, and procedural aspects of transplantation. The general surgeon should appreciate the evolution of the field as seen through a brief review of its history as well as its evolving self-governance as manifested through national policies. Knowledge of the process of organ donation is important for any practitioner as is an understanding of the burden of end-organ disease. This review contains 2 figures, 1 table and references. Key Words: brain death, donation after cardiac death, epidemiology and costs of end-organ disease, history of immunosuppression, history of transplantation, living donation, organ allocation, organ donation, transplantation ethics, transplantation regulation

scholarly journals Lung transplantation and organ allocation in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Edison Moraes Rodrigues-Filho ◽  
Cristiano Augusto Franke ◽  
José Roque Junges
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Lung Transplantation ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Allocation ◽  
Long Term Results

The philosophy of organ allocation is the result of two seemingly irreconcilable principles: utilitarianism and distributive justice. The process of organ donation and transplantation in Brazil reveals large inequalities between regions and units of the Federation, from the harvesting of organs to their implantation. In this context, lung transplantation is performed in only a few centers in the country and is still a treatment with limited long-term results. The allocation of the few organs harvested for the few procedures performed is defined mainly by chronology, a criterion that is not linked to necessity, which is a criterion of distributive justice, and neither to utility, a criterion of utilitarianism. This article reviews the organ allocation philosophy focusing on the case of lung transplantations in Brazil.

scholarly journals Incentivizing Authorization for Deceased Organ Donation With Organ Allocation Priority: The First 5 Years

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 2639-2645 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Stoler ◽  
J. B. Kessler ◽  
T. Ashkenazi ◽  
A. E. Roth ◽  
J. Lavee
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Allocation ◽  
Deceased Organ Donation

Organtransplantation im Eurotransplantverbund

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Kliemt
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Allocation ◽  
International Audience

AbstractTo facilitate access for the wider international audience interested in issues of organ allocation the texts in this volume are all in English. But in view of the fact that Analyse & Kritik, though an international journal, is published in Germany it seemed appropriate to provide a German introduction and overview. This overview outlines the background of organ donation and transplantation as seems useful for the ‚uninitiated‘ reader and positions the papers of the volume on the intellectual map. In the end the articles of the volume speak for themselves while the comments that conclude it may be helpful as springboards for further critique.

Families Might Override Organ Donation Plans

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (21) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation
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