Consciousness and Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death

This Perspective discusses the limitations of reliable assessment of consciousness in critically ill, behaviorally unresponsive patients in light of recent situations in which such patients exhibited signs of consciousness moments before initiation of organ recovery surgery.

Authors

Michael J. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6932-5159)
Christof Koch

Institutions

Harvard University (US)
Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
KCRW Foundation (US)
Center for Neuro-Oncology (US)
Allen Institute (US)

Publication Details

Journal: JAMA
Published: 2026-01-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.27045
Primary Topic: Organ Donation and Transplantation
Type: article
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article

Consciousness and Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death

Michael J. Young, Christof Koch

Jan 26, 2026

JAMA

Organ Donation and Transplantation

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Consciousness and Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death

Michael J. Young, Christof Koch

January 26, 2026article en

Abstract

JAMAVol. 335(10)

Harvard University (US), Massachusetts General Hospital (US), KCRW Foundation (US), Center for Neuro-Oncology (US), Allen Institute (US)

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