Ethical perspectives about organ allocation for transplantation
| Journal | Volume 67 - 2004 |
| Issue | Fasc.2 - Symposium |
| Author(s) | D. Houssin |
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| General Director of the Etablissement français des Greffes. |
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The ethical questions suggested by the allocation of organs for transplantation can be assembled around the notion of justice. It is a domain of health care in which there is a chronic lack of resources, but for patients whose life is at stake, sometimes at short term. It has similarities with the triage, imposed in some condi- tions of emergency medicine, at war or during civil catastrophes. The question will be approached from the points of view of the main stakeholders. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2004, 67, 168-171). |
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