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Taylor on posthumous organ procurement
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2013In defending what he calls ‘full-blooded Epicureanism’, James Stacey Taylor argues that the dead cannot be harmed or wronged.1 This has implications for a range of bioethical issues pertaining to death, including posthumous organ procurement. Taylor claims that respecting the autonomy of persons requires that their desires regarding the treatment of ...
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The business of organ procurement
Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2002Organ procurement is the lifeblood of transplantation, yet little has been written on how organ procurement organizations operate. Significant societal, medical, ethical, regulatory, and performance improvement forces have prompted organ procurement organizations to evolve from departments of ...
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1997
The sometimes strange behaviour of individual surgeons and the uncoordinated and delayed arrival of procurement teams have created a need for a rapid, effective technique that reduces potential errors during organ procurement and which might allow the removal of organs from unstable donors. The aim is for a single surgeon to take charge of the donation
J. M. Dubernard +4 more
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The sometimes strange behaviour of individual surgeons and the uncoordinated and delayed arrival of procurement teams have created a need for a rapid, effective technique that reduces potential errors during organ procurement and which might allow the removal of organs from unstable donors. The aim is for a single surgeon to take charge of the donation
J. M. Dubernard +4 more
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Organ Procurement and the Donor Family
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2000The need for transplantable cadaveric organs for outweighs the supply. Improvements in the relatively new field of transplantation have dramatically improved success rates. Legislation at the state and federal levels has removed many legal roadblocks to donation.
Michael W. Rosson +2 more
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Technical Complications in Organ Procurement
Transplantation Proceedings, 2007It is of crucial importance that harvested organs are not discarded because of lesions inflicted during the procurement operation. From January 2005 to January 2006, a total of 395 organs were procured: 266 kidneys, 102 livers, and 27 pancreas. Two kidneys were lost due to vascular lesions, and 1 liver could not be transplanted because of a severe ...
E. Domínguez Fernández +3 more
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Cadaver organ procurement in Kuwait
Transplantation Proceedings, 1999KUWAIT has a population of two million people. Between 200 and 250 new cases of renal failure are reported every year. About 100 of these are suitable for renal transplantation, but only around 40 have suitably related donors. Local brain-dead cadavers are potentially a good source of organs, particularly with the high incidence of deaths due to car ...
M.A Razzak +4 more
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Donor Management and Organ Procurement
2022Description of current techniques for donor management and organ procurement in heart ...
Bernabei Annalisa +3 more
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Advancing the Case for Organ Procurement
The American Journal of Bioethics, 2009James Delaney and David Hershenov (2009) make a compelling case for the conclusion that it is morally permissible to procure organs from the deceased without prior consent; although they prudently ...
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Hospital development and the performance of organ procurement organizations
Journal of Transplant Coordination, 1998With more than 56,000 patients on the national waiting list for organ transplants and relatively little growth in the number of donors, organ procurement organizations now recognize the need to aggressively market their services and the range of donor procurement opportunities to hospital personnel. This study examines the types and levels of hospital
James W. Begun +2 more
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