Conjoined Twins: Philosophical Problems and Ethical Challenges
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The Separation of Conjoined Twins – Ethical Dilemmas
The conjoined twins are those twins who have several body parts united, this situation being one of the most challenging malformations. Some pairs, depending on degree of conjunction, can be surgically separated. The way in which one should divide these organs between the two organisms is still a critical ethical issue, the decision being extremely difficult both for the family and for the medi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0360-5310,1744-5019
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhv037