@article{ART000943723},
author={Young-Rhan Um},
title={Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee},
journal={Korean Journal of Medical Ethics },
issn={2005-8284},
year={2004},
volume={7},
number={2},
pages={189-197}
TY - JOUR
AU - Young-Rhan Um
TI - Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee
JO - Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
PY - 2004
VL - 7
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
SP - 189
EP - 197
SN - 2005-8284
AB - Most transplantation has been done by donation from living donors rather than dead in Korea. Lack of organs is also a big problem. It is said that the Human Organ Transplantation Law is an obstacle to harvest organs from dead people. The author tries to show limits and ethical considerations of the brain death decision committee of the Human Organ Transplantation Law.
The limits are;
1. The roles of committee are overlapped as deciding brain death and assuring ethical affairs.
2. The committee causes a delay of harvesting organs from donors, so donors should endure unnecessary procedures such as medication keeping respiration and heart function.
3. In the law, family member and physician can request for the decision of brain death. Before this, it is important to confirm the will of donor.
The author suggests for the above limits;
1. To devide roles of the committee into two. One is for physicians to decide brain death finally, the other is for ethic committee to examine ethical affairs such as assuring donor's will for donation.
2. To adjust the time of the committee meeting between the first and the second brain death examination.
3. To strengthen assuring the will of donor's for organ donation. For this, chances for expressing donation should be expended before losing competency.
KW - the brain death decision committee;examine brain death;perspective of donors
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Young-Rhan Um. (2004). Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 7(2), 189-197.
Young-Rhan Um. 2004, "Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee", Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , vol.7, no.2 pp.189-197.
Young-Rhan Um "Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 7.2 pp.189-197 (2004) : 189.
Young-Rhan Um. Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee. 2004; 7(2), 189-197.
Young-Rhan Um. "Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 7, no.2 (2004) : 189-197.
Young-Rhan Um. Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 7(2), 189-197.
Young-Rhan Um. Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics . 2004; 7(2) 189-197.
Young-Rhan Um. Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee. 2004; 7(2), 189-197.
Young-Rhan Um. "Legal and Ethical Considerations on the Brain Death Decision Committee" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 7, no.2 (2004) : 189-197.
