We explore the ethics of using motivational interviewing (MI), an evidence-based, client-centred and directional counselling method, in conversations with next of kin about deceased solid organ donation. After briefly introducing MI and providing some context around organ transplantation and next of kin consent, we describe how MI might be implemented in this setting, with the hypothesis that MI has the potential to bring about a modest yet significant increase in next of kin consent rates. We subsequently consider the objection that using MI in this context would be manipulative. Although we cannot guarantee that MI would never be used in a problematically manipulative fashion, we conclude that its use would, nevertheless, be permissible as a potential means to increase next of kin consent to deceased solid organ donation. We propose that MI be trialled in consent situations with next of kin in nations where there is widespread public support for organ donation.
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Two Swiss meta-analyses have found an increased rate of myocardial infarction and death with the Cypher (sirolimus-eluting) coronary stent, which is likely to put a serious chill in interventional cardiology's infatuation with drug-coated devices
We must optimize stent deployment & maintain a registry of how well (or poorly) we use drug-eluting stents. Instead of asking “Which stent?” or “How much anti-platelet therapy?” we must ask “How effectively are we deploying our stents?”
S. Steinhaeusser, P. Schaper, and B. Lugrin. Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021), ACM, (2021)
S. Steinhaeusser, M. Lein, M. Donnermann, and B. Lugrin. 2022 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022), page 163-170. IEEE, (2022)
M. Donnermann, P. Schaper, and B. Lugrin. 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022), page 171-178. IEEE, (2022)
A. Deublein, and B. Lugrin. International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2020), volume 12064 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, (2020)