Is it unethical for doctors to encourage healthy adults to donate a kidney to a stranger? No

Walter Glannon (doi:10.1136/bmj.d7179) argues that doctors should not encourage their patients to put themselves at risk for the benefit of others, but Antonia Cronin believes that encouraging altruistic donation is legitimate

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Published in:BMJ 2011-11, Vol.343 (nov15 1), p.d7140-d7140
Main Author: Cronin, Antonia J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Blood & organ donations
Ethics
Female
Health care
Humans
Kidney diseases
Kidney transplantation
Kidney Transplantation - ethics
Living Donors - ethics
Male
Nephrectomy - ethics
Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Walter Glannon (doi:10.1136/bmj.d7179) argues that doctors should not encourage their patients to put themselves at risk for the benefit of others, but Antonia Cronin believes that encouraging altruistic donation is legitimate
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.d7140