Ethical Challenges With Organ Donation

The fundamental ethical challenges with organ donation centre around if thethe risks of a patient will being harmed by donating organs (referred to as dead donor rule) [23] and whether it is their request to donate organs. There are numerous ethical challenges around the consent process, particularly in relation to informed decision making. Various options have been considered and implemented -; OPT INopt-in, voluntary and mandated choice [23]. Mandated choice, is when the potential donor considers it and document their decision. The key consideration for consent is that there is full disclosure of relevant information. To challenge the dead donor rule there is proposal to procure organs during terminally ill persons dying phase after voluntary consent obtained (insert ref). The balance of pushing the boundaries of access to the body before death need to be balanced with the potential future alternatives, for example, tissue engineering/3D printing, use of animal organs. All of which will all …show more content…
One example of this is in the case of Osterrieder [25], where his family had made the decision to remove life support. Within medical practices, “vital organs can only be removed from someone who is dead and the act of removing the organ cannot be the cause of donor’s death”. His family proposed to treat him as a living donor and donate his kidney. Following various reviews, the ethics were approved, however no surgeon would operate as they did notn’t have his direct authorisation. The fundamental ethical questions by medical teams is are “will they the person be harmed by donating organs?” and whether it “isis it their request to donate organs?”. If they were to die during the procedure it would jeopardize the entire process. The basis of the transplant process is it is a highly communal process, effectively a house of