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Transplantation of Organs: A European Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

H.D.C. Roscam Abbing
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The development of transplantation technology increasingly places before society a multitude of diverse, complex ethical and legal problems. The subject is the more complex because of the various divergent interests involved. There are the interests of the donor of organs, who has a right to protection of his legal position, and those of the patient in need of an often lifesaving organ. There are also the interests of the donor’s relatives, after his death, and those of the transplantation surgeons. The international dimension of transplantation technology makes the picture even more complicated. Though this article is devoted to the European situation, the problems are similar all over the world.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , Spring 1993 , pp. 54 - 58
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1993

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