Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating
the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. Offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics …

The primary aim of this study was to describe regulations and practices concerning the
family approach to discuss donation, specifically after the neurological determination of …

Abstract Background In the Netherlands, consent from relatives is obligatory for post mortal
donation. This study explored the perspectives of relatives regarding the request for consent …

This paper defends an 'opt-out'scheme for organ procurement, by distinguishing this system
from 'presumed consent'(which the author regards as an erroneous justification of it). It, first …

One way of increasing the supply of organs available for transplant would be to switch to an
opt-out system of donor registration. This is typically assumed to operate on the basis of …

There has been considerable debate over regulated organ markets. Especially current
markets, where people sell one of their kidneys while still alive, have received increased …

As of April 13, 2011, there were 110,758 individuals on the waiting list for an organ
transplant in the United States.'The number of waiting list candidates greatly exceeds the …

Almost twenty years ago John Robertson made the compelling argument that a claim of
autonomy marks the beginning, not the end, of the inquiry into the permissibility of …

In December 2015, Wales became the first country in the UK to move away from an opt-in
system in organ procurement. The new legislation introduces the concept of deemed …

Anna Smajdor's proposal of whole body gestational donation (WBGD) states that female
patients diagnosed as brain-dead should be considered for use as gestational donors. In …