SQA Higher RMPS (Medical Ethics) - Organ Donation quotes + definitions

Organ Donation (Cambridge dictionary)

"the act of a person giving permission for a part of their body to be taken, while they are alive or after they are dead, and put into someone else's body to replace an organ that is not working correctly."

Informed consent/opt-in

when the donor gives consent for their organs to be taken before they die

Presumed consent/opt-out

when a person dies, it is automatically assumed that they would be willing to be a donor

Soft opt-out

family members have the choice to deny the donor's organs being harvested

Hard opt out

the only way a person can stop their organs being harvested is by explicitly stating this before dying

Consent bible quote

"your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you."

Beating heart donor (National Kidney Foundation)

"the complete stopping of all function and cannot be reversed."

Beating heart donor bible quote

"Thou shalt not kill."

Living donor

a person who is alive when they donate an organ, usually a kidney or a part of their liver

Living donor bible quote

"love thy neighbour,"

Altruistic donors

living donors who donate to someone they have never met before

Role of the Doctor bible quote

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friend."