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Anencephalics as organ sources

S E Sytsma1

  • 1Department of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb 60115, USA.

Theoretical Medicine
|March 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Using anencephalic infants for organ transplantation is ethically debated. Arguments for using live anencephalic organs fail to address ethical concerns regarding the dead-donor rule and Kantian ethics.

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