Organ Donation Act Flashcards
R.A 7170 also known as
Organ Donation Act of 1991
Organ Donation Act of 1991
R.A 7170
A facility, licensed, accredited, or approved under the law for storage of human bodies or parts thereof.
Organ Bank Storage Facility (OBSF)
An individual who makes a legacy of all or part of his body.
Testator
The persons enumerated in section 4 (a) of R.A. 7170.
Immediate Family
Person who may execute a legacy is under what section?
Section 3
Any individual may give by way of legacy should be ____ and ____?
at least 18 years of age; and
sound mind
Person who may execute a Donation is under what section?
Section 4
Person who may execute a donation
Spouse
Adult child
Parent
Adult sibling
Legal guardian
(S-A-P-A-L)
The person authorized by subsection a of this section may make donation ____ or ____
after or immediately before death
For the purposes of this act, an _______ shall be conducted on the cadaver of accident, trauma, or other medico-legal cases immediately after the pronouncement of death, to determine qualified and healthy human organs for transplantation and/or in the furtherance of medical science.
Autopsy
Persons who may become Legatees or Donees is under what section?
Section 6
Persons who may become Legatees or Donees are:
• Any hospital, physician, or surgeon
• Any accredited medical or dental school, college, or university
• Any organ bank storage facility
• Any specified individual
(H-A-O-S)
Amendment or revocation of legacy or donation is under what section?
Section 12
The testator or donor may amend or revoke the legacy or donation either by:
- The execution and delivery to the legatee or donee of a signed statement to that effect
- Oral statement
- A statement to that effect during a terminal illness or injury addressed to an attending physician and communicated to the legatee or donee
- Signed card or document
R.A 7170 was approved by _____ on _____
Corazon C. Aquino
January 7, 1992
Organs may be taken from:
• Cadaveric organ donation
• Living organ donation
a surgical operation where a failing or
damaged organ in the human body is
removed and replaced with a new one
Organ Transplantation
is a mass of specialized cells and tissues
that work together to perform a function in the body
Organ
the process of removing tissue from one part of a person’s body (or another person’s body) and surgically re-implanting it to replace or compensate for damaged tissue
Graft
An act to advance corneal transplantation in the Philippines.
R.A No. 7885
Amending laws of RA No. 7170
RA. NO. 7885
Removal of the cornea or corneas of the decedent within _______ after death
12 hours
Removal of corneal tissues shall be performed only by ____ and ____ trained in the methodology of such procedure and duly certified by the accredited _____.
•Ophthalmic surgeons and Ophthalmic technicians
• National Association of Ophthalmologists
Ra No. 7885 was approved on ____
February 20, 1995
How to increase cadaveric organ donations?
(EMPIP)
Drawbacks to becoming a living donor may include:
• Health Consequences
• Psychological consequences
• Pressure
• No donor advocate
is the process where the body fights
off the newly implanted organ
Rejection
In the 1980s, ______ was discovered
and dramatically improved the success rate
– helped improve patient outcomes
Cyclosporine
Using animal organs for human
transplantation
Xenotransplantation
is examining adult and
human embryo cells in an
attempt to discover how
organs are developed and
what stimulates their growth
Stem cell research
the practice of conceiving a child
with the intention of aborting it
for its organs
Organ Farming
Equal access criteria include:
• Length of time waiting (i.e. first come, first served)
• Age (i.e. youngest to oldest)
(Bioethical concern)
Evidence in the analysis and discussion of organ donation are:
autonomy, beneficence, justice, and utility
Who coined the word “Altruism”
Auguste Comte
defined as a moral duty to help others
Obligatory altruism
defined as morally good, but it is not morally
required-going “above and beyond” one’s duty
Supererogatory
Primum non nocere
“First, do no harm”
DBD
Donation after Brain Dead
DCD
Donation after cardiac/circulatory death
Defined as a system that permits material to be removed from the body of a deceased person for transplantation
Presumed Consent
is consent without some specific move denoting consent, and inaction is itself a sign of consent
Implicit consent
Defined as a system in which “cells, tissues or organs may be removed from a deceased person if the person had expressly consented to such removal during his or her lifetime”
Explicit consent
Defined as any material gain or valuable consideration obtained by those directly consenting to the process of organ procurement, whether it be the organ donor himself (in advance of his demise), the
donor’s estate, or the donor’s family
Financial Incentives
