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Medical Ethics Unpacked: Donor Transplantation

In this episode of Medical Ethics Unpacked, Dominic Sisti, PhD, from Penn Medicine, and Steve Levine, MD, from COMPASS Pathways, examine the complex and sometimes controversial world of organ transplantation. Back in July, the New York Times reported the shocking story of Misty Hawkins, a 42-year-old woman declared dead—but still alive—when surgeons began organ removal. Cases like hers raise serious questions about how we define death and the ethics of rushed donor procedures. Arthur Caplan, PhD, founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, joins Sisti and Levine to unpack the ethical, medical, and practical considerations surrounding organ donation. Topics include: • Definitions of brain death and cardiac death • Ethical dilemmas in circulatory death donations • The risks of rushed or premature organ procurement • How transplant timing and patient age impact decisions Caplan highlights the complexity of declaring cardiac death and the moral tension when organs may still function during procurement. 🔔 Subscribe for more medical ethic discussions #MedicalEthics #OrganTransplant #BrainDeath #CardiacDeath #HealthcareEthics