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Volume 339:48 July 2, 1998 Number 1
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Transplantation of Kidneys from Donors Whose Hearts Have Stopped

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To the Editor: The article by Cho et al. (Jan. 22 issue)1 on the transplantation of kidneys from donors whose hearts have stopped beating raises serious ethical questions about this procedure. For those of us who maintain that causing death by removing life support is tantamount to euthanasia,2,3,4,5 the procedure is unethical. However, even for those who have no qualms about removing life support from certain patients, the ethics of the procedure are questionable. In what cases, if any, can life support be removed for the purpose of obtaining organs for donation? Is it enough to obtain permission from family . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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