Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation: A Reply to Campbell and Weber

摘要: In the preceding commentary, Campbell and Weber raise two valid important issues concerning non-heart-beating organ donation (NHBOD). First, because procedure links withdrawal of life support potential for subsequent donation, desire organs may create a situation in which care dying individual has relatively less importance receive suboptimal care. Second, even if concerns about were dealt with adequately, there will not be enough donors to significantly decrease shortage that exists, making worth risk. We agree attention details caring are, must be, primary concern all health workers those individuals. Ensuring patients' comfort, dignity, autonomy, providing family social are mainstays this All policies NHBOD should clearly mandate these concepts. Regarding second concern, we is currently rare; however, evidence increasing type great potential. Continued growth practice country depend largely on public acceptance, believe directly influenced by whether perceives compromised procedure.