An Ethics Committee's Evaluation of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) in 2018-Unsatisfactory Answers Then-and Now. Am J Bioeth 2024 Jun;24(6):34-37
Date
06/03/2024Pubmed ID
38829600DOI
10.1080/15265161.2024.2336800Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85195008022 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 8 CitationsAbstract
An adult university hospital ethics committee evaluated a proposed TA-NRP protocol in the fall of 2018. The protocol raised ethical concerns about violation of the Uniform Determination of Death Act and the prohibition known as the Dead Donor Rule, with potential resultant legal consequences. An additional concern was the potential for increased mistrust by the community of organ donation and transplantation. The ethics committee evaluated the responses to these concerns as unable to surmount the ethical and legal boundaries and the ethics committee declined to endorse the procedure. These concerns endure.
Author List
Derse ARAuthor
Arthur R. Derse MD, JD Director, Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Brain DeathDeath
Ethics Committees
Humans
Organ Transplantation
Perfusion
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement
