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Egocentric organ distribution: a compromise of moral duty

Organ transplantation is one of the remarkable achievements of scientists in the 21st century. The rationale for organ transplantation is therapy for patients suffering from organ failure. This remarkable achievement of science is facing a challenge of organ shortage due egocentric organ distributio...

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Autor principal: Monday, Osebor Ikechukwu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Transplantation 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9186819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35769068
http://dx.doi.org/10.4285/kjt.2020.34.3.151
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description Organ transplantation is one of the remarkable achievements of scientists in the 21st century. The rationale for organ transplantation is therapy for patients suffering from organ failure. This remarkable achievement of science is facing a challenge of organ shortage due egocentric organ distribution. Using the philosophical analysis method, we suggest that reciprocal altruism be integrated into the organ distribution pool to save candidates on the waiting list.
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spelling pubmed-91868192022-06-28 Egocentric organ distribution: a compromise of moral duty Monday, Osebor Ikechukwu Korean J Transplant Special Article Organ transplantation is one of the remarkable achievements of scientists in the 21st century. The rationale for organ transplantation is therapy for patients suffering from organ failure. This remarkable achievement of science is facing a challenge of organ shortage due egocentric organ distribution. Using the philosophical analysis method, we suggest that reciprocal altruism be integrated into the organ distribution pool to save candidates on the waiting list. The Korean Society for Transplantation 2020-09-30 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9186819/ /pubmed/35769068 http://dx.doi.org/10.4285/kjt.2020.34.3.151 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Korean Society for Transplantation https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9186819/
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