Snell G I, Levvey B J, Williams T J
Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Intern Med J. 2004 Aug;34(8):501-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1444-0903.2004.00663.x.
Increasing the levels of non-heart beating organ donation (NHBOD) is a potential means of improving the supply of transplantable organs. NHBOD may provide a mechanism to enable a patient's prior wishes to be realised and to provide comfort to a family in grief. There is an overriding ethical principle to strictly divide the responsibility for the care of the dying patient and the potential transplant recipient. Medical protocols need to be written, and institutional ethics committees and our national organ procurement system need to be involved if we are to protect public confidence and see NHBOD realise its full potential.
提高非心脏跳动器官捐赠（NHBOD）的水平是增加可移植器官供应的一种潜在手段。非心脏跳动器官捐赠可能提供一种机制，使患者的生前愿望得以实现，并给悲痛中的家庭带来慰藉。存在一项首要的伦理原则，即要严格区分对临终患者和潜在器官移植接受者的护理责任。如果我们要保护公众信心并使非心脏跳动器官捐赠发挥其全部潜力，就需要制定医疗方案，让机构伦理委员会和国家器官采购系统参与进来。
