Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life

In Death, Dying and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life, Miller and Truog challenge the fundamental tenets of established medical ethics. They argue that the routine practice of withholding life-support technology in hospitals causes the death of patients and that donors of vital organs (hearts, lungs, livers and both kidneys) are not really dead when their organs are removed for life. These practices are ethically justified but do not comply with traditional medical ethics.