Abstract

MARTINEZ-GARCIA, P.  and  MARTINEZ Y PEREZ-CRESPO, P.M.. Solid organ explant from deceased donor: consent and police court. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.1-2, pp.57-63. ISSN 1988-611X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-76062015000100008.

Organ transplantation is one of the most important contributions of modern medicine to society. Surgeons, Physicians and Forensic Doctors often interact in its development, leading rising questions and uncertainties to the rest of the team. For example, many doctors consider that, even the number of judicial refusals on solid organs explants it is reduced, its transcendence on the final number of receptors is important, concluding that an overprotective of the judicial procedures could obstruct save more lives. On the other hand, on the Forensic Doctors view, organ extraction could make impossible determine the cause of death in certain cases. However, all the parts of the team believe that the objectives of organ donation and collection of forensic evidence are not mutually exclusive. Understanding between different professionals, combined with a desire for proper collaboration, can decrease the number of refusals. In addition to that, the inclusion of Forensic Doctors on the solid organ transplant habitual protocols can produce a significant improvement in both medical and judicial process of the removal and transplantation of organs, reducing therefore the judicial negatives to the organ explants.

Keywords : Judicial deaths; Forensic autopsy; Cadaveric organ transplantation; Forensic medicine expert.

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