Megan Crowley-Matoka and Robert M. Arnold, The Dead Donor Rule: How Much Does the Public Care ... And How Much Should We Care?

• Author: Crowley-Matoka, Megan
• Position: Abstracts

Megan Crowley-Matoka and Robert M. Arnold, The Dead Donor Rule: How Much Does the Public Care ... And How Much Should We Care? 14 KENNEDY INST. ETHICS J. 319 (2004).

In this brief commentary, the authors reflect on the recent study by Siminoff, Burant, and Youngner of public attitudes toward "brain death" and organ donation, focusing on the implications of their findings for the rules governing from whom organs may be obtained. Although the data suggest that many seem to view "brain death" as "as good as dead" rather than "dead" (calling the dead donor rule into question), the authors find that the study most...