http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2007/04/24/organ-donation-trend-raises-ethical-concerns-donation-after-cardiac-death-dcd/ Because just enough isn't good enough Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:23:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2007/04/24/organ-donation-trend-raises-ethical-concerns-donation-after-cardiac-death-dcd/comment-page-1/#comment-9459 New York Tackles Organ Transplant Shortage With RORA | Cancer Research Journal Mon, 12 May 2008 11:06:24 +0000 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/?p=80#comment-9459 [...] RORA is controversial because preserving the organs would mean performing some medical procedures (not the actual harvesting) immediately, before the family’s consent is obtained – a move that has some healthcare consumers and professionals concerned. [...] [...] RORA is controversial because preserving the organs would mean performing some medical procedures (not the actual harvesting) immediately, before the family’s consent is obtained – a move that has some healthcare consumers and professionals concerned. [...]

]]> http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2007/04/24/organ-donation-trend-raises-ethical-concerns-donation-after-cardiac-death-dcd/comment-page-1/#comment-291 amit Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:18:03 +0000 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/?p=80#comment-291 Inflammatory comments like " they are harvesting organs before they are dead" are misleading and incorrect. The individuals who are considered for this type of donation cannot live after support is withdrawn and therefore "legally die" once the life support is withdrawn. If organ donation was not being considered, most doctors in such situations of planned withdrawal of support only wait about 1-2 minutes after signs of death ( no pulse, no respirations, no response) before pronouncing time of death. This is what happens everyday in hosiptals and hospices when a doctor declares death. Therefore, in situations where organ donation is being considered and organs are procured "after 2-5 minutes of signs of death", that by itself creates a lot of safeguards that the person is really dead since normal practice is only 1-2 minutes. Inflammatory comments like ” they are harvesting organs before they are dead” are misleading and incorrect. The individuals who are considered for this type of donation cannot live after support is withdrawn and therefore “legally die” once the life support is withdrawn. If organ donation was not being considered, most doctors in such situations of planned withdrawal of support only wait about 1-2 minutes after signs of death ( no pulse, no respirations, no response) before pronouncing time of death. This is what happens everyday in hosiptals and hospices when a doctor declares death. Therefore, in situations where organ donation is being considered and organs are procured “after 2-5 minutes of signs of death”, that by itself creates a lot of safeguards that the person is really dead since normal practice is only 1-2 minutes.

]]> http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2007/04/24/organ-donation-trend-raises-ethical-concerns-donation-after-cardiac-death-dcd/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Mary Clare Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:54:10 +0000 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/?p=80#comment-65 If they waited for brain death before harvesting organs, I wonder if that would make the organs less viable for transplant. Probably. But still, I doubt the families of the donors would be fine with the fact that their loved ones are having their organs cut out before they are legally dead. If they waited for brain death before harvesting organs, I wonder if that would make the organs less viable for transplant. Probably. But still, I doubt the families of the donors would be fine with the fact that their loved ones are having their organs cut out before they are legally dead.

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