Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval: Medical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects

Background: Including Historical, Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations.- 1 · Death-Defining Acts: Historical and Cultural Observations on the End of Life.- 2 · A Jewish Approach to Ethical Issues in Brain Death and Organ Transplantation.- 3 · Catholic Considerations of Brain Death and Organ Retrieval.- 4 · Protestant Perspectives on Organ Donation.- 5 · The Legal Status of Brain-Based Determinations of Death.- 6 · Brain Death: Historical Perspectives and Current Concerns.- Criteria for the Declaration of Brain Death in Children.- 7 · Brain Death in Children: Guidelines and Experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital.- 8 · Brain Death in Children: the Philadelphia Experience.- 9 · Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation.- 10 · Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Transplantation: The Los Angeles Experience.- 11 · Clinical Criteria for Pediatric Brain Death: The Washington Experience.- 12 · Brain Death in Infants and Children: The Atlanta Experience.- 13 · Brain Death in Children: The Loma Linda Experience.- 14 · Brain Death in Children: Task Force Guidelines.- 15 · Validity of Radionuclide Cerebral Angiography for Diagnosing Brain Death in Infants.- 16 · Detection of Blood Flow to the Brain by Radionuclide Cerebral Imaging.- 17 · The Eeg in the Determination of Brain Death in Pediatric Patients: The NIH Study.- 18 · Role of EEG in Brain Death Determination in Children: The Bronx Experience.- Issues in Brain Death Related to Organ Donation.- 19 · Estimation of Organ and Tissue Donor Pool from Multiple Cause of Death Statistics.- 20 · Use of Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors: Crossing a Threshold.- 21 · Relaxing the Death Standard for Organ Donation in Pediatric Situations.- 22 · The Definition of Death: Unresolved Controversies.-Needs and Possibilities in Transplantation.- 23 · Developments in Immunosuppression: The Secret to the Success of Organ Transplantation.- 24 · Pediatric Transplantation: Needs and Potential Donors.- 25 · Developments in Tissue Transplantation.- Other Topics in Organ Retrieval and Donation.- 26 · Organ and Tissue Retrieval and Donation: The Ethical Imperative.- 27 · Attitudes toward Clinical and Social Issues in Organ Procurement.- 28 · Effect of Organ Donation on Families of Brain-Dead Patients.- 29 · Legal Aspects of Organ Transfer.- 30 · Anatomical Gifts Effective at Death.- 31 · Fragile Trust: The Success and Failure of Required Request Laws and the Procurement of Organs and Tissues from Children and Adults.- 32 · Reconsidering the Ban on Financial Incentives.- Funding of Transplantation.- 33 · Funding of Transplantation: The Health Care Financing Administration.- 34 · Medical Technology Evaluation and Coverage.- 35 · The Private Insurer Response to Advanced Health Care Technology: The Case of Organ Transplants.- 36 · Federal Efforts to Improve the Organ Procurement System.