RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Join the club: a modest proposal to increase availability of donor organs.
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 199
OP 204
DO 10.1136/jme.21.4.199
VO 21
IS 4
A1 R Jarvis
YR 1995
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/21/4/199.abstract
AB The shortage of suitable donor organs is the most significant single limiting factor in transplant programmes. More lives could be saved or immeasurably improved if more organs were available. I look at two traditional solutions to the shortfall, and suggest that they are ineffective and/or offensive, and consider the features common to any answer to the problem. I then suggest a third solution: that admission to future transplant lists be conditional on registration as a potential organ donor, outlining its benefits, and defending it against one possible objection.