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The ethics of xenotransplantation.

Reiss, MJ; (2000) The ethics of xenotransplantation. J Appl Philos , 17 (3) pp. 253-262. 10.1111/1468-5930.00160. Green open access

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Abstract

Xenotransplantation--moving organs or cells from one species to another--is currently being actively researched as a possible contribution to the problem of a global shortage of human organs for transplants. Should xenotransplantation be encouraged, permitted, frowned upon or forbidden? I attempt to outline the main areas of debate that would need to be addressed before this question could confidently be answered. At present, though, we are some way from answering it. This is partly because of the lack of agreement among bioethicists about almost anything and partly because xenotransplantation raises a particularly wide range of ethical issues.

Type: Article
Title: The ethics of xenotransplantation.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5930.00160
Keywords: Analytical Approach, Health Care and Public Health, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Animals, Animals, Genetically Modified, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Ethical Analysis, Humans, Nature, Primates, Religion, Risk Assessment, Stress, Psychological, Swine, Transplantation, Heterologous
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1491386
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