PMID: 9549678Apr 29, 1998Paper

Xenografting: ethical issues

Journal of Medical Ethics
J Hughes

Abstract

This paper considers the ethical issues raised by xenotransplantation under four headings: interfering with nature; effects on the recipient; effects on other humans; and effects on donor animals. The first two issues raise no insuperable problems: charges of unnaturalness are misguided, and the risks that xenotransplantation carries for the recipient are a matter for properly informed consent. The other two issues raise more serious problems, however, and it is argued that if we take seriously the risk of transferring new infectious agents from animal to human populations and the interests of donor animals, then a moratorium on xenotransplantation is called for. The paper finds that the recent Nuffield Council and Department of Health reports on xenotransplantation are insufficiently cautious in the conclusions that they draw from these considerations.

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May 4, 2001·Microbes and Infection·P Collignon, L Purdy
May 18, 1999·Xenotransplantation·H Auchincloss
Jan 5, 1999·Journal of Medical Ethics·R Bartlett
Oct 24, 2008·Science and Engineering Ethics·John Monk
Mar 11, 1999·Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie·G Beauchamp
Oct 8, 2004·Politics and the Life Sciences : the Journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences·L Purdy

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