Against the family veto in organ procurement: Why the wishes of the dead should prevail when the living and the deceased disagree on organ donation
The wishes of registered organ donors are regularly set aside when family members object to donation. This genuine overruling of the wishes of the deceased raises difficult ethical questions. A successful argument for providing the family with a veto must (a) provide reason to disregard the wishes o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 272-280 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCH Medical ethics |
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family veto
B autonomy of the dead B family refusal B Organ Procurement B Organ Transplantation B first-person authorization B Organ Donation |
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