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| Year : 2005 |
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Recent Thoughts about the Ethics of Renal Transplantation
Annelies Fitzgerald1, David Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber1, Michaela Suske1, Robert D Fitzgerald2
1 Health care communication, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the Economics of Medicine in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Austria
2 Health care communication, Vienna, Austria
Correspondence Address:
Robert D Fitzgerald
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the Economics of Medicine in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Wolkersbergenstrabe 1, A-1130, Vienna
Austria
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Ethical controversies in transplantation medicine are frequent and are not only discussed in the medical societies, but also by the pubic at large. Recently, the shortage of donor organs has led to a discussion of the commonly accepted ethical principles applied in transplantation medicine. In this paper, we highlight some of the thoughts expressed in the literature and discuss them in the context of transplantation. |
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