Can double‐effect reasoning justify lethal organ donation?

The dead donor rule (DDR) prohibits retrieval protocols that would be lethal to the donor. Some argue that compliance with it can be maintained by satisfying the requirements of double‐effect reasoning (DER). If successful, one could support organ donation without reference to the definition of deat...

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Published in:	Bioethics Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 648 - 655
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2022
Subjects:	Organ donation Social responsibility Brain death Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost