Open AccessEthical, legal, and societal issues and recommendations for controlled and uncontrolled DCD
Author(s) -
Haase Bernadette,
Bos Michael,
Boffa Catherine,
Lewis Penney,
Rudge Chris,
Valero Ricard,
Wind Tineke,
Wright Linda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/tri.12720
Subject(s) - organ donation , medicine , donation , psychosocial , ethical issues , engineering ethics , transplantation , law , political science , surgery , psychiatry , engineering
Summary This report deals with organ retrieval procedures in both controlled and uncontrolled DCD , looking at the ethical, legal, and psychosocial aspects during the different phases of the process. A recently published report by the UK Donation Ethics Committee ( UKDEC ) has served as an important reference document to outline the steps in the controlled DCD patient–donor pathway (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. UK Donation Ethics Committee. An ethical framework for controlled donation after circulatory death. December 2011). For uncontrolled DCD , the UKDEC pathway description was adapted. At the 6th International Conference in Organ Donation held in Paris in 2013, an established expert European Working Group reviewed the UKDEC reports, which were then considered along with the available published literature. Along this pathway, the crucial ethical, legal, and psychosocial aspects have been flagged, and relevant recommendations have been formulated based on a consensus of the working group.