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The scarcity of livers available for transplants forces tough choices upon us. Lives for those not receiving a transplant are likely to be short. One large group of potential recipients needs a new liver because of alcohol consumption, while others suffer for reasons unrelated to their own behaviour. Should the former group receive lower priority when scarce livers are allocated? This discussion connects...
How should UNOS deal with the presence of scientific controversies on the risk factors for organ rejection when designing its allocation policies? The answer I defend in this paper is that the more undesirable the consequences of making a mistake in accepting a scientific hypothesis, the higher the degree of confirmation required for its acceptance. I argue that the application of this principle should...
. „Biomedical Ethics“ haben sich heute insbesondere in den englischsprachigen Ländern als ausdifferenzierter Teilbereich einer säkularen, philosophischen Moraltheorie herausgebildet. Zwei ethische Probleme der Transplantationsmedizin – die Lebendspende von Organen und die Frage der Organverteilung – zeigen, daß diese Entwicklung nicht nur die zunehmende Komplexität der medizinischen Problemstellungen...
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