RESPONSE: A Solemn Responsibility

Suicides, homicides, car accidents, and other potentially preventable traumas have always been a component of organ donation—relatively young and healthy individuals whose premature deaths provide life to others through transplantation. The opioid epidemic should give physicians ethical pause, not f...

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 235 - 236
Main Author Glazier, Alexandra K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Limited 10.07.2018
Subjects
Blood & organ donations
Cardiology
Ethics
Murders & murder attempts
Narcotics
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Suicides, homicides, car accidents, and other potentially preventable traumas have always been a component of organ donation—relatively young and healthy individuals whose premature deaths provide life to others through transplantation. The opioid epidemic should give physicians ethical pause, not for its impact on organ donation, but for how our communities have gotten to this appalling place. Donors are not a source or a supply of organs; they are people who have made the lifesaving legacy of donation one of the most vibrant examples of human interconnectivity.
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ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.003