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Transplantation: Biomedical and Ethical Concerns Raised by the Cloning and Stem‐Cell Debate
Author(s) -
Woloschak Gayle E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9744.00529
Subject(s) - bioethics , transplantation , organ donation , human cloning , environmental ethics , donation , stem cell , cloning (programming) , organ transplantation , ethical issues , engineering ethics , biology , political science , medicine , law , genetics , philosophy , engineering , computer science , programming language
Transplantation is becoming an increasingly more common approach to treatment of diseases of organ failure, making organ donation an important means of saving lives. Most world religions find organ donation for the purpose of transplantation to be acceptable, and some even encourage members to donate their organs as a gift of love to others. Recent developments, including artificial organs, transplants from nonhuman species, use of stem cells, and cloning, are impacting the field of transplantation. These new approaches should be discussed with bioethical considerations in mind, particularly the notion of human beings as a unity of body and spirit.