title: [Responsibility: Towards a fifth principle in blood transfusion's ethics. Applicability and limits of Hans Jonas's responsibility principle].
abstract: Nowadays, in France, anonymity, gratuity, volunteering, non-profit are recognized as ethical principles in blood transfusion. Can we add responsibility to this list? Can a logo named "Responsiblood" efficiently encourage blood donation? This article explores Hans Jonas's reform of the responsibility concept in order to measure its applicabilities and limits in the field of blood transfusion. Indeed, this concept - rethought by Jonas - seems to be a good encouragement which avoids the pitfalls of the concept of duty and of the idea of payment for blood donation. But can't we also see in this reform a threat to blood transfusion because of technophobia and the heuristics of fear that it involves?
authors.affiliation: EA 4569, laboratoire d'éthique médicale et de médecine légale, faculté de médecine Paris Descartes, 75005, Paris, France. Electronic address: cnelaton@orange.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nélaton
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D026686:Beneficence; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D005239:Fear; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D062069:Inventions / Q000941:ethics; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009042:Motivation; D060926:Remuneration; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014838:Volunteers
keywords: Blood donation encouragement; Blood transfusion; Devoir de donner son sang; Droit de donner son sang; Duty of blood donation; Ethical principles; Incitation au don son sang; Jonas; Payment for blood donation; Precautionary principle; Principe de précaution; Principes éthiques; Responsabilité; Responsang; Responsibility; Responsiblood; Rémunération du don; Transfusion sanguine; right to give blood