Potential conflicts of interest generated by the use of non-heart-beating cadavers.
The non-heart-beating cadaver donor procurement process might come in conflict with the organ sharing system by diverting organs from potential recipients. It might also have a negative effect on public attitudes about transplantation. The process could start society down a slippery slope leading to extending donor criteria. Some of these scenarios are merely theoretical, but the procedure should be monitored to avoid such problems.
Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
J F
JF
Burdick
D002102:Cadaver; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003643:Death; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D011639:Public Opinion; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D035502:Trust; D014481:United States; D035761:Wedge Argument; D028761:Withholding Treatment