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Recommendations of the International Committees on Heart and Lung Transplantation*
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations of the International Committees on Heart and Lung Transplantation* American College
of Chest Physicians 4. The American College of Chest Physicians supports the concept of a registry for transplantation of all organs with emphasis on the heart and lungs and that this registry be on an international level. The American College of Chest Physicians will vigorously support and implement this concept in whatever way possible. It is also the recommendation of the American College of Chest Physicians that a letter be sent to the Director of the National Institutes of Health forthwith, stating that the American College of Chest Physicians vigorously supports the concept of a heart and lung transplantation registry and its members wish to participate in its formation and management. 5. The American College of Chest Physicians urges support of the Uniform Anatomy (Tissue) Donor Gift Act by all states so that a uniform legal structure exists throughout the United States.
1. The American College of Chest Physicians supports the concept of brain death in transplantation donors. Brain death is a medical, not a legal, determination. 2. The American College of Chest Physicians recognizes the desirability of having legislators, attorneys, clergymen, the press and interested lay groups receive accurate information presented in a dignified manner (within the code of medical ethics) in order to promote a reasonable and efficient solution to transplantation problems. 3. More responsibility on the part of the press (in the transplant area) must be encouraged. There have been instances of irresponsible reporting, both by the press and physicians, particularly in reference to sensationalism rather than an educational approach. The name of the donor must not be revealed for the protection of all parties concerned. ·Proceedings of the 'oint meeting, held at the Tenth International Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Washington. D. C., Octobec 4, 1968.
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Joint meeting of the International Committees on Heart and Lung Transplantation. SeaIlld in center foreground: guest speaker Theodore Cooper, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland.
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of Chest Physicians 4. The American College of Chest Physicians supports the concept of a registry for transplantation of all organs with emphasis on the heart and lungs and that this registry be on an international level. The American College of Chest Physicians will vigorously support and implement this concept in whatever way possible. It is also the recommendation of the American College of Chest Physicians that a letter be sent to the Director of the National Institutes of Health forthwith, stating that the American College of Chest Physicians vigorously supports the concept of a heart and lung transplantation registry and its members wish to participate in its formation and management. 5. The American College of Chest Physicians urges support of the Uniform Anatomy (Tissue) Donor Gift Act by all states so that a uniform legal structure exists throughout the United States.
1. The American College of Chest Physicians supports the concept of brain death in transplantation donors. Brain death is a medical, not a legal, determination. 2. The American College of Chest Physicians recognizes the desirability of having legislators, attorneys, clergymen, the press and interested lay groups receive accurate information presented in a dignified manner (within the code of medical ethics) in order to promote a reasonable and efficient solution to transplantation problems. 3. More responsibility on the part of the press (in the transplant area) must be encouraged. There have been instances of irresponsible reporting, both by the press and physicians, particularly in reference to sensationalism rather than an educational approach. The name of the donor must not be revealed for the protection of all parties concerned. ·Proceedings of the 'oint meeting, held at the Tenth International Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Washington. D. C., Octobec 4, 1968.
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Joint meeting of the International Committees on Heart and Lung Transplantation. SeaIlld in center foreground: guest speaker Theodore Cooper, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland.
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