title: A rationale in support of uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death.
abstract: In the United States, when people die unexpectedly, they are usually not considered as organ donors because of the difficulty of keeping organs viable when death occurs outside the hospital, in "uncontrolled" circumstances. New protocols to permit donation in these cases have renewed the debate about how we decide whether a person has died- and whether the moral imperative to help those in need of transplant should affect the determination of death.
authors.forename: Kevin G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Munjal
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: Lewis R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Goldfrank
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Nancy N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Dubler
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003643:Death; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D013030:Spain; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States