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Ichiba Shingo
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Professor |
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| Article types | Other |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Expanding controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death: stronger emphasis on different cultural, religious and legal backgrounds is needed. |
| Journal | Formal name：Intensive care medicine Abbreviation：Intensive Care Med ISSN code：14321238/03424642 |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 47(6),pp.724-725 |
| Author and coauthor | Müller Thomas, Brodie Daniel, Lorusso Roberto, MacLaren Graeme, Ichiba Shingo |
| Publication date | 2021/06 |
| Summary | The authors appeal to the WHO Task Force on Organ Donation and Transplantation to review and endorse their statement to all member states. The WHO encompasses countries from around the world, with vastly different cultural, religious and legal requirements. While the expert panel of this statement was international, it was still very much influenced by Western cultures, and lacked representation from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Western cultures tend to be influenced by utilitarian ethical theories, which in principle demand that we consider the interests of all humans equally. The view that seeks to maximize the utility of a corpse, even where it would be in the interest of helping others, yet potentially ignoring the dignity of dying, may not be shared by all cultures. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00134-021-06405-2 |
| PMID | 33904947 |