Empirical and normative aspects of medical technology assessment. The case of reduced-size liver transplantations with living donors.
Medical technology assessment deals with the evaluation of novel or existing health care procedures. This paper addresses the interdependence between factual and normative issues, using the controversies about acceptability and desirability of reduced-size liver transplantations with living donors as example.
Van der Wilt
G J
GJ
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Informatics, Epidemiology and Statistics, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009014:Morals; D033282:Parental Consent; D018579:Patient Selection; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement