Jelle L Epker
Biographic Data
| ID | 9700452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jelle L Epker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jelle L |
| FAMILY NAME | Epker |
| SIGNATURE | EPKER J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus MC |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2256-4152 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Making a dead woman pregnant? A critique of the thought experiment of Anna Smajdor
In a thought-provoking article – or how she herself named it, ‘a thought experiment’ – the philosopher-medical ethicist Anna Smajdor analyzed in this journal the idea of whole-body gestational donation (WBGD) in brain-dead female patients, as an alternative means of gestation for prospective women who cannot or prefer not to become pregnant themselves. We have serious legal, economical, medical and ethical concerns about this proposal. First, con…
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Making a dead woman pregnant? A critique of the thought experiment of Anna Smajdor
In a thought-provoking article – or how she herself named it, ‘a thought experiment’ – the philosopher-medical ethicist Anna Smajdor analyzed in this journal the idea of whole-body gestational donation (WBGD) in brain-dead female patients, as an alternative means of gestation for prospective women who cannot or prefer not to become pregnant themselves. We have serious legal, economical, medical and ethical concerns about this proposal. First, con…
Alternative medicine (1 works) · Brain dead (1 works) · Dignity (1 works) · Donation (1 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (1 works) · Harm (1 works) · Informed consent (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Medicine (1 works) · Organ donation (1 works)