title: Animal to human transplants: the ethics of xenotransplantation (1).
abstract: There now exists, potentially, the scientific and medical knowledge to transplant animal organs into humans, a procedure called xenotransplantation. The rationale behind the idea is that demand for transplanted human organs far exceeds supply. For this reason, alternative methods have been sought. The use of animals is seen as one way to deal with the problem.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fullbrook
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D032761:Animal Experimentation; D017087:Animal Rights; D000818:Animals; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D028723:Personhood; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology