Death by organ donation: euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction

Ely, E. Wesley

doi:10.1007/s00134-019-05702-1

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“…No doubt, these judgments are probably already tacitly involved in the system, but it does not follow that codifying them into formal policy would somehow be an improvement over the status quo. It is doubtful that criteria for determining whether one satisfies the AGDDR would be better defined than the current diagnostic criteria for death, and in time the categories are likely to expand to include those who claim "unbearable suffering"-a trajectory noticeable in parts of Europe [85].…”

Section: Mortal Harvesting Is Incompatible With Human Equalitymentioning

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The inviolateness of life and equal protection: a defense of the dead-donor rule

Omelianchuk

2022

Theor Med Bioeth

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There are increasing calls to reject the dead-donor rule and permit organ donation euthanasia in organ transplantation. I argue that the fundamental problem with this proposal is that it would bestow more worth on the organs than on the donor who possesses them. What is at stake is the basis of human equality, which, I argue, should be based on an ineliminable dignity that each of us has in virtue of having a rational nature. To allow mortal harvesting would be to make our worth contingent upon variable quality-of-life judgments that can be based only on properties that come in degrees. Thus, rejecting the dead-donor rule comes at the expense of egalitarian principles with respect to the value each individual human life has in relation to the protections against killing.

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Section: Mortal Harvesting Is Incompatible With Human Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The inviolateness of life and equal protection: a defense of the dead-donor rule

Omelianchuk

2022

Theor Med Bioeth

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“…Ich zdaniem społeczeństwa te w końcu zgodzą się na legalizację "śmierci przez pobranie narządów" (death by organ donation) jako nowej kategorii prawnej. Tak wydają się rozumować politycy i transplantolodzy oraz elity polityczne i finansowe zaangażowane w medycynę (Ely, 2019).…”

Section: Stan Debaty Międzynarodowej Na Temat Neurologicznych Kryteri...unclassified

Czy to naprawdę nieważne, jak definiujemy śmierć?

Norkowski¹

2022

CiS

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The Montreal conference (2012) adopted the definition of death as „permanent loss of conscious- ness and permanent loss of all brainstem functions”. This definition aspires to cover with its scope all types of death that could be reduced to this definition as a phenomenon. This definition is based on the assumptions contained in the Harvard Report of 1968, which defined death as an irreversible coma. This approach to death has been criticized by some doctors, philosophers, theologians, lawyers, journalists and religious circles. In most countries, these protests were ignored by state legislation and the influential media, resulting in no apparent social opposition to the neurological criteria for death and the later introduced cardiac death criteria. In some countries, however, the legislation provides for the possibility of objecting to these death criteria, which allows them to be avoided for declaring death by anyone who disagrees with them. Japan and the state of New Jersey in the United States have developed statutory solutions for this purpose that could be an example for other countries. Meanwhile, this is not the case and the societies of most countries in the world have in effect imposed definitions and criteria of death with which 20–40% or even more citizens do not agree. This undermines their civil rights and therefore needs to be changed, especially since there is a desire for further legal changes that would legalize consent to death by organ donation (death by organ donation). This in turn would mean an open questioning of the principle that we do not kill some patients in order to save others, and the mission of doctors is only to heal patients, not to kill them.

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“…7 Organ donation following MAiD can be a potential avenue to help reduce the organ shortage in countries where MAiD is an option. 8 However, organ donation following MAiD is a relatively new process when compared with the established practices of deceased organ donation in general. The first organ donation following MAiD was described in 2008.…”

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Organ donation after medical assistance in dying: a scoping review protocol

Silva

Ross‐White

Hornby

et al. 2021

JBI Evidence Synthesis

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Objective:This scoping review will collate and summarize the current literature on what is known worldwide about organ donation following medical assistance in dying. The information gathered will be used to inform updates of current and future policies on organ donation following medical assistance in dying in Canada.Introduction:Medical assistance in dying is a controversial and contentious issue worldwide. While more countries are legalizing medical assistance in this regard, very few allow organ donation after such assistance has been given. At present, Canada, Belgium, and The Netherlands are the only three countries that permit this procedure. This scoping review will be conducted to summarize the current state of evidence and practices regarding organ donation following medical assistance in dying.Inclusion criteria:This review will consider articles and documents on individuals who choose organ donation following medical assistance in dying. Articles will be considered for inclusion if they explore organ donation following medical assistance in dying at home or in any health care setting in any country. Quantitative and qualitative studies, text and opinion papers, gray literature, and unpublished materials provided by researchers will be considered for inclusion.Methods:This review will be conducted in accordance with the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Published and unpublished materials will be included. Databases will include MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science – Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index, and Academic Search Complete. Relevant gray literature and materials from organ donation organizations will be included. Two independent reviewers will screen all material, extract data, and complete the descriptive examination.

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Death by organ donation: euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

The inviolateness of life and equal protection: a defense of the dead-donor rule

The inviolateness of life and equal protection: a defense of the dead-donor rule

Czy to naprawdę nieważne, jak definiujemy śmierć?

Organ donation after medical assistance in dying: a scoping review protocol

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