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- Patricia Ringos Beach, Annette M Hallett, and Kim Zaruca.
- Mercy Cancer Center, Toledo, OH, USA. pbeach@bex.net
- Am J Nurs. 2011 May 1;111(5):32-8; quiz 39-40.
OverviewThe authors present the case of a woman in her mid-50s who sustained extensive brain injury in an accident but wasn't declared brain dead. The case highlights some of the clinical and ethical considerations of organ donation after circulatory death (also known as non-heart-beating donation and donation after cardiac death). It also illustrates the interdisciplinary teamwork necessary for organ donation in such cases, involving nurses and other clinicians in the ICU, palliative care, and the local organ procurement organization, among others.Keywordscardiac death, circulatory death, donation after cardiac death, end-of-life care, ethics, non-heart-beating donation, organ donation, organ donation after circulatory death, organ transplantation, palliative care.
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