The Fallacy of the “Gift of Life”
In the dominant metaphor for organ transplantation, the organ is the ultimate gift, the dying donor's life-giving bequest, conveyed and made possible by a heroic transplant team. The metaphor encourages donation and enforces recipients’ compliance with post-transplant treatment. It is also inac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1999
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| In: |
The Hastings Center report
Year: 1999, Volume: 29, Issue: 6, Pages: 34-41 |
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| Summary: | In the dominant metaphor for organ transplantation, the organ is the ultimate gift, the dying donor's life-giving bequest, conveyed and made possible by a heroic transplant team. The metaphor encourages donation and enforces recipients’ compliance with post-transplant treatment. It is also inaccurate and sometimes deeply damaging for the recipient. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-146X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3527870 |
