title: Ethical considerations in organ transplantation.
abstract: The transplantation of organs has a historical background that parallels the emergence of general bioethics, rather than the traditional authoritarian paternalism of medical ethics. Some ethical and moral issues brought forth by the transplantation technology are the determination of death, allocation of scarce resources, donor and recipient selection, and research status.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D017048:Health Care Costs; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous