Transparency in Organ Donations

Supporters of the new rules argue that the guidelines will ensure that a patient's wish to donate his organs will be respected. Critics, however, state that the proposed changes run the risk of dehumanizing patients into mere sources for materials.

Links:

Catholic ethicist calls for transparency in organ donor controversy, Marianne Medlin
Catholic News Agency, September 24, 2011
Changes in controversial organ donation method stir fears, Washington Post, September 20
Resuscitating the Dead Donor Rule, David Magnus, The Bioethics Channel