Reply to reaction on 'Organ donation after euthanasia starting at home in a patient with multiple system atrophy - case report'

Najat Tajaâte; Nathalie van Dijk; Elien Pragt; David Shaw; A Kempener-Deguelle; Wim de Jongh; Jan Bollen; Walther van Mook

doi:10.1186/s12910-023-00914-z

Reply to reaction on 'Organ donation after euthanasia starting at home in a patient with multiple system atrophy - case report'

BMC Med Ethics. 2023 May 29;24(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00914-z.

Authors

Najat Tajaâte^#¹, Nathalie van Dijk^#¹, Elien Pragt², David Shaw^{3

4}, A Kempener-Deguelle², Wim de Jongh⁵, Jan Bollen⁶, Walther van Mook¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Zuyderland Medisch Centrum, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
³ Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Organ Donation Coordination, Department of Organ Donation Coordination, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. jan@janbollen.be.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

We would like to respond to the comment we received from our colleagues on our case report about organ donation after euthanasia starting at home. We reply to their statements on medical and legal aspects, and provide more information on our view of informed consent.

Keywords: Ethics; Euthanasia; Medical law; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Palliative sedation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Euthanasia*
Humans
Informed Consent
Multiple System Atrophy*
Organ Transplantation*
Tissue and Organ Procurement*