Organ Prolongation in Anencephalic Infants
Ethical & Medical Issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20333728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James W Walters, Stephen Ashwal (0000-0003-1947-0574) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 19 |
| Publication date | 1988-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3562218 |
| OpenAlex | W4300541247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
A professor of religion and a professor of pediatrics and neurology\nassess the current controversy over using anencephalic infants as organ\nsources. They consider professional and policy responses to hospital\nprotocols for transplantation; bioethical issues in determining brain death;\ndeontological and utilitarian implications of using one human as a means for\nthe good of another, as in using respirators on anencephalic organ donors;\nmedical precedent for an exception to sole concern with the patient's and not\nothers' best interests; and the ethical safeguards imposed upon the use of\nrespirators with anencephalic infants. A rationale is presented for limited\nrespirator use until brain death is determined in order to meet a severe\nshortage of neonatal organs. (KIE abstract)
Prolongation · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Psychology · Renal and related cancers
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2021 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |