The search for organs: halachic perspectives on altruistic giving and the selling of organs

Altruistic donation of organs from living donors is widely accepted as a virtue and even encouraged as a duty. Selling organs, on the other hand, is highly controversial and banned in most countries. What is the Jewish legal (halachic) position on these issues? In this review it is explained that al...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical ethics 2005-05, Vol.31 (5), p.269-272
1. Verfasser:	Kunin, J D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Altruism Bioethics Clergy Clinical Ethics Commerce - ethics Donations Ethics Humans Jewish law Jewish medical ethics Jewish people Judaism Kidneys Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) (1135-1204) medical ethics Motivation Organ donation Physical trauma Rabbis Religion and Medicine Risk sale of organs Self-Injurious Behavior - psychology Suicides & suicide attempts Talmud Tissue and Organ Procurement - economics Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics Tissue Donors Torah transplantation
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