From Wooden Limbs to Biomaterial Organs: The Ethics of Organ Replacement and Artificial Organs |
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| Authors: | Rita Kielstein Hans-Martin Sass |
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| Institution: | Klinik für Innere Medizin, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany;Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: This paper discussed issues of ethical assessment and moral concern associated with organ replacement and physical enhancement: research, allocation, organ donation, artificial organs, xenografts, biomaterials, and neuromaterials. While emphasizing the medical and moral benefits over associated risks, it calls for a better integration of moral assessment into technology assessment and for the establishment of a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary International Ethics Committee for Organ Replacement Therapy. |
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| Keywords: | Ethics Moral assessment Technology assessment |
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