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Volume 358:1297-1298 March 20, 2008 Number 12
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Organ Donation and Dual Advocacy

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To the Editor: In a Perspective article in this issue of the Journal, Truog provides his views on organ donation, suggesting that the pendulum between the need for transplantable organs and the rights of potential donors' families "has swung too far in the direction of procuring organs."1 Truog asserts that consent for organ donation is obtained "at the expense of commitments that are fundamental to the patient–physician relationship."

We disagree with this description because it does not reflect current consent practices. In practice, there is a confluence between the ethical commitments that Truog outlines: "that the desires of people who . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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