Organ Transplantation: A Proposal for Routine Salvaging of Cadaver Organs

Dukeminier, Jesse; Sanders, David

doi:10.1056/nejm196808222790807

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“…The flaw in this rationale is that those who wished to remove an organ would have had to determine whether the potential donor had expressed an intent not to be a donor and that the next of kin also did not object. Thus, no time or effort would be saved, and the altruism of giving would be lost and replaced by taking …”

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Organ Transplantation and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: A Fifty‐Year Perspective

Sadler¹,

Sadler²

2018

Hastings Center Report

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Fifty years ago this summer, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association. The UAGA has provided a sound and stable legal platform on which to base an effective nationwide organ donation system. The cardinal principles of altruism, autonomy, and public trust are still important. At a time when confidence and trust in our government and many private institutions has declined, maintaining trust and confidence in our health care system and its commitment to "first, do no harm" has never been more important. Any policies that override these core ethical principles could cause irreparable damage to the public's faith in our transplant system. While progress has been made to increase organ registration and the number of organs transplanted, much more must be done to realize the potential of life-saving therapy without jeopardizing ethical principles.

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Organ Transplantation and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: A Fifty‐Year Perspective

Sadler¹,

Sadler²

2018

Hastings Center Report

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“…15 Laws of ''presumed consent'' are referred to, 16 but there is no such presumption within the relevant legislations that accommodate this practice. French law for example simply declares that: an organ to be used for therapeutic or scientific purposes may be removed from the cadaver of a person who has not during his lifetime made known his refusal of such a procedure.…”

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The UK Human Tissue Act and consent: surrendering a fundamental principle to transplantation needs?

Bell

2006

J Med Ethics

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“…This was the rationale behind what Jesse Dukeminier and David Sanders called "routine salvaging". 2 They reasoned that no harm could be done by salvaging organs from human cadavers, so it was justifiable for society to routinely take viable body parts without the formal permission of the dying or their families. Indeed, great good could result from saving the lives of those who would receive the transplanted organs.…”

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Do the sick have a right to cadaveric organs?

Glannon

2003

J Med Ethics

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One way of increasing the supply of organs for transplantation is to adopt a policy giving the sick a right to cadaveric organs. Such a right would entail the coercive transfer of organs from the dead without their previous consent. Because this policy would violate individual autonomy and the special relation between humans and their bodies, it would be morally unjustifiable. Although a rights-based non-consensual model of salvaging cadaveric organs would be medically desirable, a communitarian-based consensual model would be a morally justifiable alternative way of addressing the problem of organ scarcity.

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Organ Transplantation: A Proposal for Routine Salvaging of Cadaver Organs

Cited by 66 publications

References 2 publications

Organ Transplantation and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: A Fifty‐Year Perspective

Organ Transplantation and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: A Fifty‐Year Perspective

The UK Human Tissue Act and consent: surrendering a fundamental principle to transplantation needs?

Do the sick have a right to cadaveric organs?

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