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Ethical aspects of blood and organ donation
Author(s) -
Whyte G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00437.x
Subject(s) - voluntarism (philosophy) , medicine , blood donor , organ donation , donation , immunology , surgery , law , transplantation , political science , philosophy , epistemology
Ethics of blood and organ donation in Australia has been influenced by voluntarism and the Red Cross. The General Agreement on Trade in Services may threaten the principle of voluntary blood donation and self sufficiency of blood in Australia. However, a cooperative approach to managing the public good is more sustainable than individual self interest and the author argues that voluntary blood and organ donation should be retained. (Intern Med J 2003; 33: 362−364)