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Procuring Organs
Dead donor rule:
“life prolonging organs can only be procured after the one from whom the organ is taken is dead” (p. 294)
Salvaging
Implicit consent
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Donation
Explicit consent
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Incentives
Controversial Donations
Tainted organs
Preserving organs of dying donors
Named individual donation vs. discriminatory socially directed donation
Organ swaps
All living donors
Living – deceased donors
Children and incompetent living organ sources