Donation after circulatory determination of death: time for transparency

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and the Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: shalpern@exchange.upenn.edu.

Editorial

Scott D Halpern. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;63(4):401-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.09.020. Epub 2013 Nov 7.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and the Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: shalpern@exchange.upenn.edu.

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Comment in

On the debate over death determination in organ donors.
Bernat JL. Bernat JL. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;63(4):497-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.12.006. Ann Emerg Med. 2014. PMID: 24655452 No abstract available.

Circulatory death determination in uncontrolled organ donors: a panel viewpoint.
Bernat JL, Bleck TP, Blosser SA, Bratton SL, Capron AM, Cornell D, DeVita MA, Fulda GJ, Glazier AK, Gries CJ, Mathur M, Nakagawa TA, Shemie SD. Bernat JL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;63(4):384-90. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.05.018. Epub 2013 Jun 21. Ann Emerg Med. 2014. PMID: 23796628
Uncontrolled organ donation after circulatory determination of death: US policy failures and call to action.
Wall SP, Munjal KG, Dubler NN, Goldfrank LR; NYC uDCDD Study Group. Wall SP, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;63(4):392-400. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.10.014. Epub 2013 Nov 20. Ann Emerg Med. 2014. PMID: 24268427