tHe witHdrawal oF treatment regardingtransplantation: examination and analysis FrencHproFessionals oF care perceptions

Abstract

May we take the organs of a person at end of life when a decision to withdrawalof treatment made? since the 1995 Maastricht Workshop, the procuring organsfrom a non-heart-beating cadaver are a new source of organs to satisfy thedemand for transplantation. If some nations authorized them, the “Maastricht 3”category makes ethics issues. In France, the professionals of care involved in theorgans donation, are they ready to include the end of life patient, the people withcerebral damage, or in a chronic vegetative state and more, in a Maastricht 3protocol? Exploring the narration of some professionals, this paper representsthe results of a research sustained by the Agence de la biomedicine and tocontribute for the ethic reflexion