TY - JOUR
AU - Rubin, Jonah
AB - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-023-09628-0 1,2,3 Jonah Rubin Accepted: 11 April 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 To the Editor In a recent article entitled “Whole body gestational donation” (WBGD), the author suggests that the ethical arguments supporting organ donations from those declared brain-dead should equally permit WBGD, or the use of brain-dead bodies as sur- rogates for others’ pregnancies [1]. The author further claims that “there is no obvi- ous medical reason why initiating such pregnancies would not be possible” and concludes with a warning that “if we regard WBGD as being clearly outrageous, this suggests we have some uncomfortable questions to answer about the future of cadaveric organ donation.” WBGD is indeed outrageous, yet it does not raise questions about the future of cadaveric organ donation because the author failed to seriously consider important realities and distinctions. First, there is indeed an obvious medical reason why such pregnancies would not be possible–because brain-dead patients generally cannot “live” for more than a few weeks. The author claims there is no reliable data regarding the natural history of brain death because support is generally withdrawn prematurely for ethical or legal reasons and instead relies 
TI - Treat the dead, not just death, with dignity
JF - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
DO - 10.1007/s11017-023-09628-0
DA - 2023-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/treat-the-dead-not-just-death-with-dignity-MsMEDWdNho
SP - 371
EP - 373
VL - 44
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -