Ethical Implementation of Organ Donation Following Medical Assistance in Dying: Recommendations of the Ethics Committee of the Transplantation Society.

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Title: Ethical Implementation of Organ Donation Following Medical Assistance in Dying: Recommendations of the Ethics Committee of the Transplantation Society.
Authors: Van Assche K; Research Group Personal Rights and Property Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Mulder J; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Isala Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands., Ahn C; Division of Nephrology, National Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea., Allen RDM; Transplantation Services, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Bollen J; Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Bramstedt KA; School of Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.; Bioethics Department, Roche, Basel, Switzerland., Burra P; Gastroenterology and Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy., Cras P; Department of Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.; Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital and Born Bunge Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Dhital K; Department Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Apollo Hospitals, Vadapalani, Chennai, India., Dittmer I; Department of Renal Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Te Toka Tumai, Te Whatu Ora, Auckland, New Zealand., Domínguez-Gil B; Organización Nacional de Trasplantes, Madrid, Spain., Downar J; Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Fadhil RAS; Qatar Organ Donation Centre (Hiba), Hamad Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Doha, Qatar., Ferdinande P; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Forsythe JLR; Department of Health and Social Care, Implementation Steering Group for Organ Utilisation, London, United Kingdom., Fortin MC; Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.; Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.; Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Freeman MA; Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, United States of America.; Department of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America., Gerritsen RT; Department of Intensive Care, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands., Grayson KE; Organ Donation New Zealand, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand.; Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand., Healey A; Trillium Gift of Life Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Divisions of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada., Kazemi A; Organ Donation New Zealand, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand., Kute VB; Department of Nephrology, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, India., Martin DE; School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia., Monbaliu D; Department of Abdominal Transplantation Surgery and Coordination, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Muller E; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Nino-Murcia A; Department of Surgery, Colombiana de Trasplantes, Bogotá, Colombia., Olthuis G; Ethics of Healthcare Group, Department of IQ Health, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Opdam HI; Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.; Australian Organ and Tissue Authority, Canberra, ACT, Australia., Parent B; Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America., Pérez Blanco A; Organización Nacional de Trasplantes, Madrid, Spain., Shemie SD; Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Siebelink M; Department of Paediatrics, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.; UMCG Transplant Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Silva A; Nursing Department, Brock University, St Catherines, ON, Canada., Silva E Silva V; Nursing Department, Brock University, St Catherines, ON, Canada., Sonneveld HP; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Isala Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands., Stock PG; Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America., Ten Hoopen R; Research Group Public Law/Health Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Thiessen C; Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America., van Mook W; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Van Raemdonck D; Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Wall AE; Department of Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America., Weiss MJ; Transplant Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada.; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit, Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada.; Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program, Edmonton, ON, Canada., Woodyatt L; DonateLife Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.; Nursing, Grampians Health Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC, Australia., Ysebaert D; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.; Department of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Thomson D; Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Source: Transplantation [Transplantation] 2026 Jul 08. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 08.
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