Philosophical Considerations on Active Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting Practices

Karine Bréhaux (1)

1 CIRLEP - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches sur les Langues et la Pensée - EA 4299

This book is based on the International Congress "Or-gan Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects. Expanding the European Platform" (Rotter-dam, The Netherlands, April 2010). The contributions are an overview of current issues inthe field of transplantation ethics. The topics:– Organ Tourism and Paid Donation; – Legal and Ethical Boundaries for Organ Transplan-tation;– Diverse Populations;– Deceased Donation;– Psychological Care for Living Donors and Reci-pients;– Samaritan / Unrelated Donation;are discussed among ethicists, clinicians, psychologists,lawyers and policy makers in the field of organ trans-plantation.

Mots clés: Philosophical Considerations on Active Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting Practices

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Karine Bréhaux. Philosophical Considerations on Active Euthanasia and Organ Harvesting Practices: Réflexions philosophiques relatifs au dons et prélèvements d'organes. Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects Expanding the European Platform W. Weimar, M. A. Bos,J. J. Busschbach (Eds.), PABSTSCIENCEPUBLISHERS, 2011, Organ Transplantation:Ethical, Legal andPsychosocial AspectsExpanding the EuropeanPlatform. ⟨hal-03018135⟩