Xenotransplantation
Injustice, Harm, and Alternatives for Addressing the Organ Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20334403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jasmine Gunkel (0000-0001-9485-5250), Franklin G Miller (0000-0001-5942-1991) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 7-17 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/hast.5021 |
| PMID | 41091031 |
| OpenAlex | W4415218465 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
Xenotransplantation is increasingly touted as the solution to the organ crisis. Some bioethicists, however, have raised concerns about xenotransplantation's implications for health justice and animal welfare. We develop and sharpen these worries, and we explore how they might be mitigated. We compare xenotransplantation with several alternatives for addressing the organ crisis, including directing more money toward public health interventions, and argue that these alternatives are ethically preferable. In light of this, we argue that xenotransplantation is not a justifiable method of addressing the organ crisis. Societal funds and attention ought instead be directed toward more efficient and ethically superior solutions
Economic Justice · Human health · Organ donation · Organ transplantation · Public health · Xenotransplantation · Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Xenotransplantation and immune response
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |