Catholic Bioethics
ORGAN
DONATION
 

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16. ORGAN DONATION:

16.1. PAPAL and MAGISTERIAL SUPPORT for ORGAN DONATION
     and Why a Pope Cannot be an Organ-Donor

16.2. PROCEDURES, COMPLICATIONS, and ABUSES

16.2.1. PROCUREMENT AGENCIES and THEIR PHILOSOPHIES
    - NEJM article - mention own difficulties with shift in who introduces

16.2.2. DONATION AFTER CARDIAC DEATH
    - NEJM article

16.2.3. THE SCANDAL of HOOTEN ROOZROKH

16.2.4. INCENTIVES and ABUSES
   - NEJM article cite first few paragraphs of relevant section, then doc with multiple descriptions of problem


READING:

1. May, ch. 7, pp. 302-314 (advance directives); ch. 8, pp. 351-360, (organ donation)

2. Bernat, James L., The Boundaries of Organ Donation after Circulatory Death,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Aug 14, 2008, pp. 669-671.

3. Delmonico, Arnold, & Scheper-Hughes ,“Ethical Incentives — Not Payment — For Organ Donation,” New England Journal of Medicine, June 20, 2002, pp. 2002-2005.

4. Gillick, Muriel R., Reversing the Code Status of Advance Directives?,” The New England Journal of Medicine, April 1, 2010, 1239-1240.

5. Steinbrook, Robert, Organ Donation after Cardiac Death,” The New England Journal of Medicine, July 19, 2007, pp. 209-213.

6. Truog, Robert D. Consent for Organ Donation — Balancing Conflicting Ethical Obligations, The New England Journal of Medicine, March 20, 2008, pp. 1209-1211.

 


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