Overcoming the shortage of transplantable organs: ethical and psychological aspects.
The main ethical problem of organ transplantation is the shortage of transplantable organs. The substitute strategies currently under discussion endanger frust in transplantion medicine and thereby increase the problem. Thus ethically preferable alternatives to overcome the shortage are suggested.
Quante
Michael
M
Philosophy Department, University of Cologne, Germany. mquante@uni-koeln.de
Wiedebusch
Silvia
S
D001187:Artificial Organs / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D019737:Transplants / Q000941:ethics* / Q000600:supply & distribution*