title: Inquiry in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine: organ donation, defining death, and fairness in distribution.
abstract: This issue of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy brings together fresh essays addressing three main genres of questions: (1) questions about the nature of bioethical inquiry and the relevance of the humanities to medical practice; (2) questions regarding the ethics of organ donation; (3) questions bearing on the application of fairness to the distribution of medical resources.
authors.affiliation: Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA victor.saenz@rice.edu.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saenz
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001926:Brain Death; D003643:Death; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health / Q000941:ethics; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration