Introduction: Organ Donation and Death from Unexpected Circulatory Arrest: Engaging the Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine

Childress J. F. Liverman C.T. , eds., Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2006): At 154. The IOM Committee expressed concerns about the term “uncontrolled” DCD, noting that it is the patient's death that is uncontrolled — or better, “unexpect” — not the organ donation, which proceeds according to protocol.

Institute of Medicine, Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation: Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1997); Institute of Medicine, Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation. Practice and Protocols (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000).

Bernat J. L. D'Alessandro A. M. Port F. K. “Report of a National Conference on Donation after Cardiac Death,” American Journal of Transplantation 6, no. 2 (2006): 281–91.

See Childress Liverman , supra note 1, available at <http://www.iom.edu/?id=25781> (last visited October 1, 2008), under “Statement of Task.” 5. Childress Liverman , supra note 1, at 157.

Id., at 152–153.

Id., at 157.

Id., at 153.

Id., at 157.

Id., at 154.

The 1997 report on DCD reviewed arguments for and against routine organ preservation and concluded that “[p]erhaps further study and discussion should be pursued.” See Institute of Medcine, 1997, supra note 1, at 55. For the AMA position see the Code of Medical Ethics at E-2.157, availiable at <http://www.ama-assn.org/apps/pf_new/pf_online?f_n=browse&doc=policyfiles/HnE/E-2.157.HTM&&s_t=&st_p=&nth=1&prev_pol=policyfiles/HnE/E-1.02.HTM&nxt_pol=policyfiles/HnE/E-2.01.HTM&> (last visited October 1, 2008).

Sanchez-Fructuoso A. Giorgi M. Barrientos A. , “Kidney Transplantation from Non-Heart-Beating Donors: A Spanish View,” Transplantation Reviews 21, no. 4 (2007): 249–254.

Bonnie R. J. Wright S. Dineen K. , “Legal Authority to Preserve Organs in Cases of Uncontrolled Cardiac Death: Preserving Family Choice,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 36, no. 3 (2008): 741–751.

Borry P. Van Reusel W. Roels L. Schotsman P. , “Donation after Uncontrolled Cardiac Death (DCD): A Review of the Debate from a European Perspective,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 36, no. 3 (2008): 752–759.

Childress J. F. , “Organ Donation after Cardiac Determination of Death: Lessons and Unresolved Controversies,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 36, no. 3 (2008): 766–771.