Non-Heart-Beating Donors of Organs: Are the Distinctions Between Direct and Indirect Effects & Between Killing and Letting Die Relevant and Helpful?

This essay analyzes the principle of double effect and, to a lesser extent, the distinction between killing and letting die in the context of the Pittsburgh protocol for managing patients who may become non-heart-beating donors or sources of organs for transplantation. It notes several ambiguities a...

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Main Author: Childress, James F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 1993
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 1993, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-216
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