Ethical Challenges on the Frontier of Organ and Tissue Transplantation

Educational Resource
Author:Caplan, Arthur
Abstract:

Advances in transplantation are moving rapidly including transplants of the hand, face, uterus and eye; xenografting from pigs, freezing organs and obtaining organs from the dead in novel ways. These advances in medicine and bioengineering raise a host of challenging ethical and policy issues.

Keywords:
Transplantation, Xenography, Policy, Medicine, Ethics, Bioengineering
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
July 03, 2024
Related Links:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jHAu6__v8
  • https://onlineethics.org/events/ethical-challenges-frontier-organ-and-tissue-transplantation-0
  • https://avalon.lib.virginia.edu/media_objects/3t945r158
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    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/pw82-ve13