Erratum to: Med Health Care and Philos (2009) DOI 10.1007/s11019-009-9204-0
Unfortunately, we were made aware of an error in the text below the heading Religion and physician-assisted death in organ procurement right column, we wrote: “Although Pope Pius XII declared that……” In fact, it was Pope John Paul II who made this remark. The line should read:
Although Pope John Paul II declared that rigorously applying the criteria for ascertaining brain death suffices for arriving with moral certitude at the conclusion that death has occurred, Pope Benedict XVI has asked that the debate on brain death and organ procurement be revived (Shea 2007; Timesonline 2008). Pope Benedict XVI stated that vital organs can be extracted ‘‘ex cadavere’’ [from a dead body], if and only if, the donor’s true death can be certified beyond a doubt (Pope Benedict XVI 2008).
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Verheijde, J.L., Rady, M.Y. & McGregor, J.L. Brain death, states of impaired consciousness, and physician-assisted death for end-of-life organ donation and transplantation. Med Health Care and Philos 12, 491 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-009-9213-z
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