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From Wooden Limbs to Biomaterial Organs: The Ethics of Organ Replacement and Artificial Organs
Author(s) -
Kielstein Rita,
Sass HansMartin
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1995.tb02362.x
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , organ donation , bioethics , medical ethics , medicine , transplantation , engineering , political science , surgery , law , psychiatry
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.