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   To discuss the following

   What is the position of the Catholic Church
    on organ donation for the purpose of
    transplant?

   What moral principles are involved?

   What would motivate one to be an organ
    donor?
Organ donation is the process of
removing tissues or organ's from a live , or
recently dead , person to be used in
another.

People of all ages can become donors.
 Organs and tissue that can be donated
  include
 the
  heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, sm
  all
 bowel, stomach, corneas, heart
  valves, bone and skin.
  Inter Vivos Transplant
Takes place among the living. This can
include a donation such as bone marrow.

  Cadaver transplant (postmortem)
Donations typically involve an organ
necessary for sustaining life. Includes
donations such as a heart , lung, liver , or
kidney.
THE NEED: ORGAN DONORS AND PATIENTS WAITING
                                                           1988 through 2000

       90000


       80000


       70000


       60000


       50000


       40000


       30000


       20000


       10000


            0
                  1988         1989   1990   1991   1992     1993    1994      1995   1996   1997     1998      1999    2000

                                                                                       Organ Donors          Patients Waiting
      Data courtesy of UNOS.


As you can see the gap between the number of organ donors and patients
waiting is growing rapidly.

More people need to consider giving the gift of life.
   In general , the Catholic Church approves
    organ transplantation.

   Pope Pius XII taught, “A person may will to
    dispose of his body and to destine it to ends
    that are useful, morally irreproachable and
    even noble, among them the desire to aid the
    sick and suffering. One may make a decision
    of this nature with respect to his own body with
    full realization of the reverence which is due
    it.... This decision should not be condemned
    but positively justified”
"Transplants are a great step forward in science's
service of man, and not a few people today
owe their lives to an organ transplant.
Increasingly,
the technique of transplants has proven to be a
valid means of attaining the primary goal of all
medicine - the service of human life…There is a
need to instill in people's hearts, especially in the
hearts of the young, a genuine and deep
appreciation of the need for brotherly love, a
love
that can find expression in the decision to
become
an organ donor."
   - Pope John Paul II to attendees at the International
    Congress on Transplants in Rome – August 2000
   Pope John Paul II sums up the position of the Church in
    these words:

The Gospel of life is to be celebrated above all in daily
living, which should be filled with self-giving love for others. .
. . Over and above such outstanding moments, there is an
everyday heroism, made up of gestures of sharing, big or
small, which build up an authentic culture of life. A
particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the
donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable
manner, with a view to offering a chance of health and
even of life itself to the sick who sometimes have no other
hope (Evangelium Vitae, no. 86, original emphasis).
   The Church has stated that both type of
    transplants are rightful , because they
    are considered fraternal charity.

   However the church did state that
    certain requirements must be met.
   1. The necessity of informed consent
    legitimately given by the donor or one
    who speaks for him.

   2. The physical and psychological risks
    incurred by the donor must be
    proportionate to the good sought for the
    recipient. The donor must be aware of
    these risks and the proportionate good.
   3. To destroy the healthy functioning or
    intrinsic beauty of one's body, even to
    delay death of another, is morally wrong.

   Organ transplants are not morally
    acceptable if the donor or those who
    legitimately speak for him have not
    given their informed consent.
   These donations can arise a moral
    dilemma.

   Such donations should not seriously
    impair or destroy bodily functions.
Example : A person is in need of an eye.

If a living person decides to donate his eye
to the other person it would be considered
morally wrong. This is because such a
sacrifice would seriously impair the donor.
   Dealing with fraternal charity , which is
    the practice of charity with a love that
    recognizes another person as a child of
    God.

   The Catholic Church states that one has
    the responsibility for the integrity of ones
    body.

   There are set limits on inter vivos organ
    donations. Otherwise donations would
    potentially lead to assisted suicide.
   Moral issues revolve around a definition
    of death.

   Those involved must have certain proof
    that death has occurred.

   The Church is against causing the death
    of a donor because of organ transplant ,
    even if the death is inevitable due to
    natural causes.
   The donor must be verifiably and
    legitimately dead.

   Proper, informed consent must have been
    given by the deceased donor with
    verification from a trustworthy source

   The remains of the donor must be treated
    with the same respect consistent with what
    was until death, and will be again, a temple
    of the Holy Spirit.

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Organ transplant & the catholic church

  • 1.
  • 2. To discuss the following  What is the position of the Catholic Church on organ donation for the purpose of transplant?  What moral principles are involved?  What would motivate one to be an organ donor?
  • 3. Organ donation is the process of removing tissues or organ's from a live , or recently dead , person to be used in another. People of all ages can become donors.
  • 4.  Organs and tissue that can be donated include  the heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, sm all  bowel, stomach, corneas, heart valves, bone and skin.
  • 5.  Inter Vivos Transplant Takes place among the living. This can include a donation such as bone marrow.  Cadaver transplant (postmortem) Donations typically involve an organ necessary for sustaining life. Includes donations such as a heart , lung, liver , or kidney.
  • 6.
  • 7. THE NEED: ORGAN DONORS AND PATIENTS WAITING 1988 through 2000 90000 80000 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Organ Donors Patients Waiting Data courtesy of UNOS. As you can see the gap between the number of organ donors and patients waiting is growing rapidly. More people need to consider giving the gift of life.
  • 8. In general , the Catholic Church approves organ transplantation.  Pope Pius XII taught, “A person may will to dispose of his body and to destine it to ends that are useful, morally irreproachable and even noble, among them the desire to aid the sick and suffering. One may make a decision of this nature with respect to his own body with full realization of the reverence which is due it.... This decision should not be condemned but positively justified”
  • 9. "Transplants are a great step forward in science's service of man, and not a few people today owe their lives to an organ transplant. Increasingly, the technique of transplants has proven to be a valid means of attaining the primary goal of all medicine - the service of human life…There is a need to instill in people's hearts, especially in the hearts of the young, a genuine and deep appreciation of the need for brotherly love, a love that can find expression in the decision to become an organ donor."  - Pope John Paul II to attendees at the International Congress on Transplants in Rome – August 2000
  • 10. Pope John Paul II sums up the position of the Church in these words: The Gospel of life is to be celebrated above all in daily living, which should be filled with self-giving love for others. . . . Over and above such outstanding moments, there is an everyday heroism, made up of gestures of sharing, big or small, which build up an authentic culture of life. A particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable manner, with a view to offering a chance of health and even of life itself to the sick who sometimes have no other hope (Evangelium Vitae, no. 86, original emphasis).
  • 11. The Church has stated that both type of transplants are rightful , because they are considered fraternal charity.  However the church did state that certain requirements must be met.
  • 12. 1. The necessity of informed consent legitimately given by the donor or one who speaks for him.  2. The physical and psychological risks incurred by the donor must be proportionate to the good sought for the recipient. The donor must be aware of these risks and the proportionate good.
  • 13. 3. To destroy the healthy functioning or intrinsic beauty of one's body, even to delay death of another, is morally wrong.  Organ transplants are not morally acceptable if the donor or those who legitimately speak for him have not given their informed consent.
  • 14. These donations can arise a moral dilemma.  Such donations should not seriously impair or destroy bodily functions.
  • 15. Example : A person is in need of an eye. If a living person decides to donate his eye to the other person it would be considered morally wrong. This is because such a sacrifice would seriously impair the donor.
  • 16. Dealing with fraternal charity , which is the practice of charity with a love that recognizes another person as a child of God.  The Catholic Church states that one has the responsibility for the integrity of ones body.  There are set limits on inter vivos organ donations. Otherwise donations would potentially lead to assisted suicide.
  • 17. Moral issues revolve around a definition of death.  Those involved must have certain proof that death has occurred.  The Church is against causing the death of a donor because of organ transplant , even if the death is inevitable due to natural causes.
  • 18. The donor must be verifiably and legitimately dead.  Proper, informed consent must have been given by the deceased donor with verification from a trustworthy source  The remains of the donor must be treated with the same respect consistent with what was until death, and will be again, a temple of the Holy Spirit.