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Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders: 10-Years of Preliminary Experiences in the Netherlands

Euthanasia based on psychiatric suffering, followed by subsequent organ donation, is considered medically and legally permissible in the Netherlands. Although organ donation after euthanasia (ODE) in patients suffering from unbearable psychiatric illness is performed, it is not specifically addresse...

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Autores principales: van Dijk, Nathalie, Stärcke, Paulan, de Jongh, Wim, Jansen, Nichon, Shaw, David, Bollen, Jan, van Mook, Walther
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9948004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36846601
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2023.10934
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author van Dijk, Nathalie
Stärcke, Paulan
de Jongh, Wim
Jansen, Nichon
Shaw, David
Bollen, Jan
van Mook, Walther
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description Euthanasia based on psychiatric suffering, followed by subsequent organ donation, is considered medically and legally permissible in the Netherlands. Although organ donation after euthanasia (ODE) in patients suffering from unbearable psychiatric illness is performed, it is not specifically addressed in the Dutch guideline on organ donation after euthanasia, and national data on ODE in psychiatric patients have not yet been published. In this article, the preliminary results of the 10-year Dutch case series of psychiatric patients who choose ODE are presented and potential factors influencing opportunities for donation in this population are discussed. We conclude that further future in-depth qualitative exploration of ODE in patients suffering from psychiatric illness and its associated ethical and practical dilemmas, including the consequences for the patient and their family and healthcare professionals, will be important to help make sense of potential barriers to donation for people undergoing euthanasia as a result of psychiatric suffering.
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spelling pubmed-99480042023-02-24 Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders: 10-Years of Preliminary Experiences in the Netherlands van Dijk, Nathalie Stärcke, Paulan de Jongh, Wim Jansen, Nichon Shaw, David Bollen, Jan van Mook, Walther Transpl Int Health Archive Euthanasia based on psychiatric suffering, followed by subsequent organ donation, is considered medically and legally permissible in the Netherlands. Although organ donation after euthanasia (ODE) in patients suffering from unbearable psychiatric illness is performed, it is not specifically addressed in the Dutch guideline on organ donation after euthanasia, and national data on ODE in psychiatric patients have not yet been published. In this article, the preliminary results of the 10-year Dutch case series of psychiatric patients who choose ODE are presented and potential factors influencing opportunities for donation in this population are discussed. We conclude that further future in-depth qualitative exploration of ODE in patients suffering from psychiatric illness and its associated ethical and practical dilemmas, including the consequences for the patient and their family and healthcare professionals, will be important to help make sense of potential barriers to donation for people undergoing euthanasia as a result of psychiatric suffering. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9948004/ /pubmed/36846601 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2023.10934 Text en Copyright © 2023 van Dijk, Stärcke, de Jongh, Jansen, Shaw, Bollen and van Mook. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Bollen, Jan
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Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders: 10-Years of Preliminary Experiences in the Netherlands
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title_short Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders: 10-Years of Preliminary Experiences in the Netherlands
title_sort organ donation after euthanasia in patients suffering from psychiatric disorders: 10-years of preliminary experiences in the netherlands
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36846601
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