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22Apnea Testing is Medical Treatment Requiring Informed ConsentAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (6): 22-24. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2020, Page 22-24.
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6Organ procurement organizations Internet enrollment for organ donation: Abandoning informed consentBMC Medical Ethics 7 (1): 14. 2006.Background Requirements for organ donation after cardiac or imminent death have been introduced to address the transplantable organs shortage in the United States. Organ procurement organizations increasingly use the Internet for organ donation consent. Methods An analysis of OPO Web sites available to the public for enrollment and consent for organ donation. The Web sites and consent forms were examined for the minimal information recommended by the United States Department of Health and Human …Read more
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62BackgroundBioethics and law distinguish between the practices of "physician-assisted death" and "allowing the patient to die."DiscussionAdvances in biotechnology have allowed medical devices to be used as destination therapy that are designed for the permanent support of cardiac function and/or respiration after irreversible loss of these spontaneous vital functions. For permanent support of cardiac function, single ventricle or biventricular mechanical assist devices and total artificial hearts…Read more
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46Ethical and Legal Concerns With Nevada’s Brain Death AmendmentsJournal of Bioethical Inquiry 15 (2): 193-198. 2018.In early 2017, Nevada amended its Uniform Determination of Death Act, in order to clarify the neurologic criteria for the determination of death. The amendments stipulate that a determination of death is a clinical decision that does not require familial consent and that the appropriate standard for determining neurologic death is the American Academy of Neurology’s guidelines. Once a physician makes such a determination of death, the Nevada amendments require the withdrawal of life-sustaining t…Read more
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65The determination of death by neurological criteria remains controversial scientifically, culturally, and legally, worldwide. In the United Kingdom, although the determination of death by neurological criteria is not legally codified, the Code of Practice of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is customarily used for neurological death determination and treatment withdrawal. Unlike some states in the US, however, there are no provisions under the law requiring accommodation of and respect for …Read more
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40Campaigning for Organ Donation at MosquesHEC Forum 28 (3): 193-204. 2016.There is a trend of recruiting faith leaders at mosques to overcome religious barriers to organ donation, and to increase donor registration among Muslims. Commentators have suggested that Muslims are not given enough information about organ donation in religious sermons or lectures delivered at mosques. Corrective actions have been recommended, such as funding campaigns to promote organ donation, and increasing the availability of organ donation information at mosques. These actions are recomme…Read more
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30Quality Palliative Care or Physician-assisted Death: A Comment on the French Perspective of End-of-life Care in Neurological DisordersJournal of Clinical Research and Bioethics 2 (2). 2011.
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58Islam and end-of-life practices in organ donation for transplantation: New questions and serious sociocultural consequencesHEC Forum 21 (2): 175-205. 2009.
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