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Bioethics on Air: Episode 119: Update on UDDA Revisions … and Concerns with Normothermic Regional Perfusion

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Neurologist Christopher DeCock, MD, rejoins Joe Zalot to update listeners on efforts to redefine death by revising the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). He also discusses important medical and ethical concerns with normothermic regional perfusion (start at 36:25).

Resources:
1. Dr. Christopher DeCock info
2. Bioethics on Air #109, Redefining Death by Revising the UDDA
3. Uniform Determination of Death Act
4. Submission of the NCBC and USCCB to the Uniform Determination of Death Committee of the Uniform Law Commission
5. American College of Physicians statement on UDDA revision
6. Normothermic Regional Perfusion – The Next Frontier in Organ Transplants

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