Given that biases can distort bioethics work, it has received surprisingly little and fragmented
attention compared to in other fields of research. This article provides an overview of …

BACKGROUND The era of clinical organ transplantation began in 1954 when Joseph
Murray transplanted a kidney from one identical twin into another. Liver and heart …

In Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of
Life, Miller and Truog challenge fundamental doctrines of established medical ethics. They …

Transplantation of vital organs has been premised ethically and legally on “the dead donor
rule”(DDR)—the requirement that donors are determined to be dead before these organs …

Decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment (LST) precede the majority of ICU
deaths. Although professional guidelines generally treat the two as ethically equivalent …

It has been proposed that medical organizations adopt neutrality with respect to physician-
assisted suicide (PAS), given that the practice is legal in some jurisdictions and that …

The dead donor rule (DDR) originally stated that organ donors must not be killed by and for
organ donation. Scholars later added the requirement that vital organs should not be …

An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension,
including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation. Life extension …

The apnea test is recommended for the diagnosis of brain death. There are several reasons
this test should be reconsidered. Confounding factors for performing the test are vaguely …

We agree with Bernat 4 that organ donation as described in the presented case is ethically
acceptable. We disagree sharply, however, over why is it acceptable. Whereas Bernat …