An ethical analysis of the impact of recent strategies to promote living organ donation on the moral foundations of organ transplantation Ghent University
Since at least 20 years the domain of transplantation is facing a severe shortage of available organs. Many countries are focusing on boosting living donation as the primary means for increasing the number of organs. To a considerable extent, the rise in the volume of living donation can be explained by the implementation of novel strategies. These include: (1) relaxing acceptable donor categories to allow living donation by total strangers ...