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What's not wrong with conditional organ donation?

T M Wilkinson1.   

Abstract

In a well known British case, the relatives of a dead man consented to the use of his organs for transplant on the condition that they were transplanted only into white people. The British government condemned the acceptance of racist offers and the panel they set up to report on the case condemned all conditional offers of donation. The panel appealed to a principle of altruism and meeting the greatest need. This paper criticises their reasoning. The panel's argument does not show that conditional donation is always wrong and anyway overlooks a crucial distinction between making an offer and accepting it. But even the most charitable reinterpretation of the panel's argument does not reject selective acceptance of conditional offers. The panel's reasoning has no merit.

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Keywords:  Health Care and Public Health

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Year:  2003        PMID: 12796436      PMCID: PMC1733739          DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.3.163

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Ethics        ISSN: 0306-6800            Impact factor:   2.903


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1.  Altruism in organ donation: an unnecessary requirement?

Authors:  Greg Moorlock; Jonathan Ives; Heather Draper
Journal:  J Med Ethics       Date:  2013-03-28       Impact factor: 2.903

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