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Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia

The issues of brain death and organ donation are closely related. Brain death is the irreversible loss of brain function, and from the medical perspective, a person who is brain dead cannot be recovered. The shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem. One of the reasons contribut...

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Main Authors: Mhd Khotib, N.A., Abdul Rahman, N.N., Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S.
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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Q Science (General)
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spelling my.um.eprints.134402015-04-30T01:18:25Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/13440/ Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia Mhd Khotib, N.A. Abdul Rahman, N.N. Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S. Q Science (General) The issues of brain death and organ donation are closely related. Brain death is the irreversible loss of brain function, and from the medical perspective, a person who is brain dead cannot be recovered. The shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem. One of the reasons contributing to the shortage of organs is the refusal of medical practitioners to diagnose brain death. This paper will highlight four factors why medical practitioners in Malaysia may refuse to diagnose brain death. These factors include: 1) medical practitioners may not accept brain death as true death, 2) a misconception of the concept of brain death, 3) a lack of knowledge about brain death, 4) a lack of responsibility in carrying out professional duties. These four factors will be discussed on the backdrop of ethics as the ethical implications pertaining to brain death diagnosis in Malaysia. 2014-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/13440/1/Shortage_of_organ_donation.pdf Mhd Khotib, N.A. and Abdul Rahman, N.N. and Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S. (2014) Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia. In: The 15th Asian Bioethics Conference, 06-09 Nov 2014, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Mhd Khotib, N.A.
Abdul Rahman, N.N.
Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S.
Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia
description The issues of brain death and organ donation are closely related. Brain death is the irreversible loss of brain function, and from the medical perspective, a person who is brain dead cannot be recovered. The shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem. One of the reasons contributing to the shortage of organs is the refusal of medical practitioners to diagnose brain death. This paper will highlight four factors why medical practitioners in Malaysia may refuse to diagnose brain death. These factors include: 1) medical practitioners may not accept brain death as true death, 2) a misconception of the concept of brain death, 3) a lack of knowledge about brain death, 4) a lack of responsibility in carrying out professional duties. These four factors will be discussed on the backdrop of ethics as the ethical implications pertaining to brain death diagnosis in Malaysia.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mhd Khotib, N.A.
Abdul Rahman, N.N.
Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S.
author_facet Mhd Khotib, N.A.
Abdul Rahman, N.N.
Shaikh Mohd Salleh, S.M.S.
author_sort Mhd Khotib, N.A.
title Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia
title_short Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia
title_full Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia
title_fullStr Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in Malaysia
title_sort shortage of organ donation resulting from difficulties in the diagnosis of brain death by medical practitioners in malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/13440/1/Shortage_of_organ_donation.pdf
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