Background Regenerative medicine has the potential to treat genetic disorders and replace
damaged or missing tissue. The use of donor or animal tissue raises many well-known …

This chapter uses a phenomenological approach to investigate the philosophical
significance of a common yet debilitating experience: the experience of severe and …

In this article, I explore select case studies of Parkinson patients treated with deep brain
stimulation (DBS) in light of the notions of alienation and authenticity. While the literature on …

The debate over trafficking of human beings for the purpose of organ removal (THBOR)
remains largely absent from policy debates, as its crime is hardly detected, reported and …

Existential Medicine explores the recent impact that the philosophies of existentialism,
phenomenology, and hermeneutics have had on the health care professions. A growing …

In the postmodern era, when the interface of bodies, biologies and technologies increasingly
challenges the very notion of what counts as human, this open access book proposes new …

In this paper, changes in identity and selfhood experienced through organ transplantation
are analyzed from a phenomenological point of view. The chief examples are heart and face …

In modern epidemiological and clinical studies, the covariates of interest may involve
genome sequencing, biomarker assay, or medical imaging and thus are prohibitively …

The “gift of life” metaphor is used to promote organ donation where commercialization is
prohibited. In this article, we explore how multiple parties involved in organ transfer …

This thesis examines the practice of haemodialysis and kidney transplantation, the two
medical therapies available for persons with kidney failure, from a phenomenological …