Ethical aspects of blood and organ donation.
Ethics of blood and organ donation in Australia has been influenced by voluntarism and the Red Cross. The General Agreement on Trade in Services may threaten the principle of voluntary blood donation and self sufficiency of blood in Australia. However, a cooperative approach to managing the public good is more sustainable than individual self interest and the author argues that voluntary blood and organ donation should be retained.
Whyte
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Bendigo Regional Clinical School, School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. gordon.whyte@med.monash.edu.au
D001315:Australia; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence