title: From wooden limbs to biomaterial organs: the ethics of organ replacement and artificial organs.
abstract: This paper discussed issues of ethical assessment and moral concern associated with organ replacement and physical enhancement: research, allocation, organ donation, artificial organs, xenografts, biomaterials, and neuromaterials. While emphasizing the medical and moral benefits over associated risks, it calls for a better integration of moral assessment into technology assessment and for the establishment of a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary International Ethics Committee for Organ Replacement Therapy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kielstein
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Sass
mesh_terms: D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001187:Artificial Organs; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D035843:Biomedical Research; D018427:Breast Implants; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D033161:Government Regulation; D006262:Health; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000637:transplantation; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012106:Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012945:Social Values; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials