A Pressing Need for Effective, Clear, and Consistent Regulations to Facilitate Direct Contact Between Donor Families and Organ-Transplant Recipients

Nicholas B. Murphy; David Allingham; Kim LeBlanc; Marat Slessarev; Michael Ward; Charles Weijer

doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2022.01.005

Journal News and Commentary| Volume 38, ISSUE 6, P703-704, June 2022

A Pressing Need for Effective, Clear, and Consistent Regulations to Facilitate Direct Contact Between Donor Families and Organ-Transplant Recipients

Nicholas B. Murphy, PhD
Nicholas B. Murphy
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Corresponding author: Dr Nicholas Murphy, 861 Waterloo St., London, Ontario N6A 1Y2, Canada.
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Department of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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David Allingham
David Allingham
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Recipient of donated heart, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Kim LeBlanc
Kim LeBlanc
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Mother of deceased organ donor, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Marat Slessarev, MD, PhD
Marat Slessarev
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Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Michael Ward
Michael Ward
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Provincial Lead, Donor Family Services, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ontario Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Charles Weijer, MD, PhD.
Charles Weijer
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Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Department of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Published:April 20, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2022.01.005

In June 2012, Tyler Schwering, a 15-year-old from Guelph, Ontario, died after being struck by a tractor trailer while walking home from school. Even though they had not discussed organ donation, Tyler’s mother, Kim LeBlanc, described the family’s decision to donate Tyler’s organs as something he would have wanted. Dave Allingham, near death from a genetic heart disease, received Tyler’s heart the following day.

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Published online: April 20, 2022

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Received: October 29, 2021

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