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Ethical issues in organ transplantation.
Clinical organ transplantation has been recognized as one of the most gripping medical advances of the century as it provides a way of giving the gift of life to patients with terminal failure of vital organs, which requires the participation of other fellow human beings and of society by donating organs from deceased or living individuals. The increasing incidence of vital organ failure and th...
متن کاملEthical aspects of organ transplantation.
Organ transplantation is one of the most exciting modern medical phenomena. Not a month goes by without news of some new development in this area. As an example of how far we have come, Dr. Starzl – one of the leaders in the field – has removed the liver, spleen, pancreas, small intestine and part of the large intestine with subsequent replacement by transplantation in an extensive operation wi...
متن کاملCurrent ethical issues in organ transplantation.
Ethics in a medical context have been defined by Professor Gordon Dunstan' as "the obligations of a moral nature which govern the practice of medicine". Ethics are expressed in the language of duties: the duty in general to serve and protect the interests of patients in ways consistent with the corporate ethics of the profession, and the moral values held in common with society. These duties, r...
متن کاملEthical issues in organ and tissue transplantation.
Clinical organ transplantation provides a way of giving the gift of life to patients with terminal failure of vital organs, which requires the participation of other fellow human beings and of society by donating organs from deceased or living individuals. The increasing incidence of vital organ failure and the inadequate supply of organs, especially from cadavers, has created a wide gap betwee...
متن کاملExtension of organ transplantation: some ethical considerations.
The concept of vital organ transplantation is critically analyzed by considering how traditional transplantation modifies the commitment to saving lives. Problems such as those associated with immunosuppression might seem to provide a compelling reason to oppose extension of transplantation to non-lifesaving situations. A closer examination, however, shows that immunosuppression does not presen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Internal Medicine
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0003-4819
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-67-3-32