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Ethical and Practical Problems of Setting Up a System of Elective Ventilation

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Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce

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The Exeter Protocol of elective ventilation for the provision of organs for transplantation has been in operation for 2 years. Here we discuss the ethical and practical considerations met in devising and running the protocol.

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  • Feest TG, Riad HN, Collins CH, Golby MGS, Nicholls AJ, Hamad SN (1990) Protocol for increasing organ donation after cerebrovascular deaths in a district general hospital. Lancet 335:1133–1135.

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  1. Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford), Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5DW, England

    H. N. Riad, T. G. Feest, C. H. Collins, M. Golby, A. J. Nicholls & S. N. Hamad

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  1. Abteilung für Transplantationschirurgie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum Großhadern, 8000, München 70, Germany

    Walter Land

  2. Joint-Faculties Bioethics Project, 222, 11420 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J3, Canada

    John B. Dossetor M. D.

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Riad, H.N., Feest, T.G., Collins, C.H., Golby, M., Nicholls, A.J., Hamad, S.N. (1991). Ethical and Practical Problems of Setting Up a System of Elective Ventilation. In: Land, W., Dossetor, J.B. (eds) Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76444-8_41

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