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The Gift of Life and the Common Good: The Need for a Communal Approach to Organ Procurement
Author(s) -
LAURITZEN PAUL,
MCCLURE MICHAEL,
SMITH MARTIN L.,
TREW ANDREW
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3528731
Subject(s) - organ procurement , organ donation , procurement , business , medicine , marketing , surgery , transplantation
Its critics to the contrary, the “gift of life” metaphor is not to be blamed for the indebtedness and guilt that organ recipients often experience. It is certainly misused, however, both by post‐transplant caregivers, who exploit it to manipulate recipients' behavior, and by the organ procurement system, which has failed to understand that the decision to give the gift of life must be approached communally.