Alfred M. Sadler

Transplantation — A Case for Consent

Abstract The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, drafted by the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, provides a comprehensive and modern legal framework for the donation of human organs for medical research, education and therapy. Widespread adoption of the Act, which eliminates existing unnecessary legal formalities, will make available more human tissue for medical purposes. In building the Act on the principles of consent and voluntary donation, the Commissioners recognized and protected other important interests in a dead body. They further recognized that many nonlegal impediments to the procurement of organs exist that cannot be overcome by legislation but must be resolved. Because of this approach, the Act is widely supported by the medical and legal communities and the general public and will soon probably become the law of most states. Such acceptance obviates the need for more radical legislative measures that would eliminate the principles of consent and voluntary donation. Finally, legislation that d...

A Community of Givers, Not Takers

The Sadlers defend the American system of organ procurement through voluntary donation against suggestions that cadaver organs should be routinely or even compulsorily salvaged to meet the need of expanding transplantation programs. They trace the legal history of procurement policy in the United States, outline the consent to donation provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, discuss several mandatory alternatives for obtaining organs, and summarize the philosophical basis of consent. They argue that the current policy has accomplished its objectives of facilitating organ donation without infringing on other values and rights.

Transplantation and the Law: Progress toward Uniformity

Abstract New laws based on the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act had been enacted in 41 states as of February 9, 1970. Most of these states adopted the Uniform Act with little or no change. The few impor...

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