Authors: D. Lustbader, MD, D. O’Hara, MS, E.F.M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD, L. MacLean, PhD, W. Tajik, A. Ying, MS, E. Berg and M. Goldstein, MD
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The Use of Executed Prisoners as a Source of Organ Transplants in China Must Stop
Strategies to influence positive change in organ donation practice in China by the international transplant community are discussed. They include an absolutist policy whereby no clinical data from China is deemed acceptable until unacceptable donation practices end, and an incremental policy whereby clinical data is carefully evaluated for acceptability. The relative advantages and drawbacks of these strategies are discussed together with some practical suggestions for response available to individuals and the transplant community.
The Eighth-Month Fetus: Classical Sources for a Modern Superstition
Note letters at end of article (P. 286-287) by Dr. Charles R. King and response by Dr. Reiss.
Rethinking the Brain Death Controversy
The Controversy Concerning Early Burial
Brain stem death: managing care when accepted medical
Rabbi (Sacks) Says Brain Stem Death Is Not Enough For Organ Donation
Article is in English
Abstracts
Regarding Heart Transplantation from the Halachic Point of View A. Y. Unterman The Problem of Heart Transplantation Menachem Kasher Kidney Replacement and Halacha Y. Levi Cornea Transplantation from Deceased Donors Moshe Steinberg