Jason D
Department of Pathology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1072.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1994 Sep;15(3):192-202. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199409000-00003.
Facts and principles concerning the role of the medical examiner or coroner in the procurement of organs or tissue for transplantation are presented. Topics discussed are the legalities and the importance of control of the dead body, the medical examiner's or coroner's role in the determination of death, recognition of and working around procurement artifacts and resultant loss of evidence, the medical examiner's or coroner's part in determining suitability of organs for transplantation, the medical examiner or coroner's request for donation by the family, granting of permission for donation of organs or tissue by the medical examiner or coroner, and examination of the mortally injured by the medicolegal officer.
本文介绍了有关法医或验尸官在获取用于移植的器官或组织方面作用的事实和原则。讨论的主题包括尸体控制的合法性和重要性、法医或验尸官在判定死亡中的作用、识别并处理获取器官过程中的假象及由此导致的证据丢失、法医或验尸官在确定器官移植适用性方面的职责、法医或验尸官向家属提出捐赠请求、法医或验尸官批准器官或组织捐赠以及法医学官员对重伤者的检查。
