Certain cultural groups, such as some Orthodox Jews and Shintos have strong aversions to tampering with dead bodies. This is a challenge for the healthcare professionals as this may hinder the care of the patient. According to the 2010 survey by Fugate mentioned in the article Organ Donation after Circulatory Death (2011), there is a wide discrepancy between hospital on criteria for DCD and nearly half do not have a clear definition of what determines circulatory death (36). In Sharon’s case the time frame was sixty minutes with irreversible cardiopulmonary cessation for five minutes, however another hospital may be for ninety minutes with death occurring after a two minute cessation mark. There needs to be a further investigation to determine a standard definition of DCD criteria that can be used by all
Certain cultural groups, such as some Orthodox Jews and Shintos have strong aversions to tampering with dead bodies. This is a challenge for the healthcare professionals as this may hinder the care of the patient. According to the 2010 survey by Fugate mentioned in the article Organ Donation after Circulatory Death (2011), there is a wide discrepancy between hospital on criteria for DCD and nearly half do not have a clear definition of what determines circulatory death (36). In Sharon’s case the time frame was sixty minutes with irreversible cardiopulmonary cessation for five minutes, however another hospital may be for ninety minutes with death occurring after a two minute cessation mark. There needs to be a further investigation to determine a standard definition of DCD criteria that can be used by all