Annals of the Japanese Association for Philosophical and Ethical Researches in Medicine
Online ISSN : 2433-1821
Print ISSN : 0289-6427
The Ethics of the Living Organ Donation : Question of the Voluntariness
Yoshitaro HOTTA
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2006 Volume 24 Pages 31-41

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In this paper, I examine the condition of living organ donation. In the first part, I show that the principle of voluntary donation is the key to living organ transplantation. In the second part, I examine the debate on living organ donation, especially the moral character of related donation. In the third part, I show that the need for guarantee of voluntary consent for organ donation requires an alternative living organ transplantation system. In order to guarantee the voluntariness of the living-donor, we need to choose another system that does not restrict the donor to related people. In the conclusion, it is recognized that if we should guarantee of the principle of voluntary donation, we would have to undertake this status as a potential donor. If we wouldn't undertake this status, we should refuse the organ-plant medicine itself.
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