Beyond the Altruistic Donor: Embedding Solidarity in Organ Procurement Policies

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Altruism and solidarity are concepts that closely related to organ donation for transplantation. On the one hand, they typically used encouraging people donate. other also underpin regulations in force each country different extents. They often indistinctly equivocally, despite ethical implications of concept. This paper aims clarify what extent we can speak altruism predominant models donation. It raises question whether these categories adequate as a basis such models, bearing mind organs scarce resource shortage them may mean fewer lives saved or improved.

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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophies

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2409-9287']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7050107