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13-02-2024 | Book Review

Review of Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation: Current Debates and International Perspectives

Hansen, Solveig Lena, and Silke Schicktanz (eds). 2021. Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation: Current Debates and International Perspectives . Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8376-4643-6

Author: Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty

Published in: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry | Issue 3/2024

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Organ transplantation has been provoking heated bioethical and public debates. With a range of viewpoints, emerging issues, ongoing controversies, and ethical concerns. These include commercialization, objectification, bodily integrity, consent, health inequalities, global injustice, health risks, and criteria for determining death. Such debates also reflect cross-cultural differences, emphasizing normative aspects and cultural scripts, as evident in diverse ethical discussions and regulatory frameworks. …
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Title
Review of Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation: Current Debates and International Perspectives
Hansen, Solveig Lena, and Silke Schicktanz (eds). 2021. Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation: Current Debates and International Perspectives . Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8376-4643-6
Author
Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty
Publication date
13-02-2024
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Published in
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry / Issue 3/2024
Print ISSN: 1176-7529
Electronic ISSN: 1872-4353
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10330-y

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