In Defense of Routine Recovery of Cadaveric Organs: A Response to Walter Glannon
Walter Glannon argues that our proposal for routine recovery (also known as conscription) of transplantable cadaveric organs is unacceptable “even if the consequence of [continuing to require consent] would be fewer organs for transplantation and fewer lives saved.” After carefully reviewing his cou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2008
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 337-343 |
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| Summary: | Walter Glannon argues that our proposal for routine recovery (also known as conscription) of transplantable cadaveric organs is unacceptable “even if the consequence of [continuing to require consent] would be fewer organs for transplantation and fewer lives saved.” After carefully reviewing his counterarguments, we conclude that, although some of them have merit, none are sufficiently strong to warrant abandoning this plan. Below we respond to each of Glannon's concerns. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108080419 |