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Cutting Bodies to Harvest Organs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

JOHN PORTMANN
Affiliation:
Yale, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia's Center for Biomedical Ethics

Abstract

Reverence for the autonomy of patients dominates healthcare ethics in the United States. Such reverence emblematizes personal freedom, a cherished American ideal.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: Organ Transplantation: Shaping Policy and Keeping Public Trust
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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