Table 1.

Types of deceased organ donation and their satisfaction of differing formulations of the dead donor rule.

Formulations of the dead donor rule	Satisfaction of the dead donor rule
	Donation after the diagnosis of death using neurological criteria	Donation after the diagnosis of death using circulatory criteria
Narrow: ‘the killing of patients for organ donation is prohibited’	Yes	Yes, provided procedures before death (e.g. heparin) do not hasten death
Standard: ‘donors must be determined to be dead before their organs are removed’	Yes, provided neurological criteria for death are accepted	Yes, provided standard circulatory criteria for death are accepted
Broad: ‘procedures for organ donation should not be initiated whilst the patient is still alive’	Yes, procedures for donation can be delayed until after death	Uncontrolled: Yes, provided standard circulatory criteria for death are accepted Controlled: No, as procedures for organ donation (e.g. blood tests for organ matching) must occur before treatment withdrawal and death