The untimely death of the UK Donation Ethics Committee

David Shaw

doi:10.1136/medethics-2016-103830

The untimely death of the UK Donation Ethics Committee

J Med Ethics. 2017 Jan;43(1):63-64. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103830. Epub 2016 Oct 12.

Author

David Shaw^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Department of Health, Ethics and Society, CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 27733439
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103830

Abstract

This brief report describes the contribution of the UK Donation Ethics Committee to organ donation and transplantation in the UK, and explains why the committee has met an early demise.

Keywords: Donation/Procurement of Organs/Tissues; Ethics Committees/Consultation; Vital organ donation.

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MeSH terms

Brain Death
Ethics Committees* / economics
Financing, Government
Humans
Organ Transplantation / ethics*
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Harvesting*
Tissue and Organ Procurement / ethics*
United Kingdom