Anencephalic Donors: Separate the Dead From the Dying
Proposals to use organs from anencephalic infants to meet the growing need for transplantable ogans are well-meaning but misguided. It would be unwise to amend the Uniform Determination of Death Act to classify anencephalics as “dead.” They are in the same situation as other patients (such as the pe...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Опубликовано: |
1987
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The Hastings Center report
Год: 1987, Том: 17, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 5-9 |
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| Итог: | Proposals to use organs from anencephalic infants to meet the growing need for transplantable ogans are well-meaning but misguided. It would be unwise to amend the Uniform Determination of Death Act to classify anencephalics as “dead.” They are in the same situation as other patients (such as the permanently comatose). Likewise, amending the Anatomical Gin Act to permit organs to be removed from anencephalics would be unjust would set a bad precedent and would likely reduce overall success in this field. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-146X |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3562433 |
