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  1. 1. Virtue Ethics, Bioethics, and the Ownership of Biological Material

    Författare :Barbro Björkman; Sven Ove Hansson; Brad Hooker; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biological material; ownership; rights; organ; donation; property; commodification; kidney; virtue ethics; natural rights; transplantation; transplant; social organisation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to show how some ideas in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics can be interpreted and used as a productive way to approach a number of pressing issues in bioethics. Articles I-II introduce, and endorse, a social constructivist perspective on rights (as opposed to the more traditional natural rights idea). LÄS MER

  3. 2. No Heroics, Please : Mapping Deceased Donation Practices in a Catalan Hospital

    Författare :Sara Bea; Gillian Haddow; Stephen Kemp; UK The University of Edinburgh Science Technology and Innovation Studies; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deceased; organ donation;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents an in-depth ethnographic mapping of deceased donation in a Catalan hospital. A unique site in terms of leading edge technoscientific practices, high rates of donation and its consolidated specialised team of transplant coordinators (TCs). LÄS MER

  4. 3. Shining a light on organ donation after death : on various aspects influencing organ donation

    Författare :Linda Gyllström Krekula; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction: The willingness to donate organs after death is widespread in our country, Sweden. Nevertheless, the donation rate is rather low and patients still die while waiting for an organ. One of the obstacles to organ donation is that people tend not to tell anyone about their decision. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Utilization and allocation of organs for transplantation - medical and ethical aspects

    Författare :Marie Omnell-Persson; Kirurgi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Immunology; serology; transplantation; Immunologi; serologi; ideology; epistemology; aesthetics; metaphysics; Systematic philosophy; ethics; utilization; organ donation; kidney transplantation; Allocation; attitudes; Praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : Great efforts have been made to find solutions to the shortage of organs, such as extending the donor pool by accepting so-called marginal donors and development of transplantation of organs from animals (xenotransplantation, xt). Due to the scarcity of organs, there is a long tradition of prioritizing among patients on the waiting list for transplantation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Attitudes towards organ donor advocacy among Swedish intensive and critical care nurses

    Författare :Anne Flodén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Organ donation; Brain death; Advocacy; Professional ethics; Intensive and critical care; Nursing; Psychometric evaluation;

    Sammanfattning : End-of-Life Care in the intensive and critical care unit (ICU) involves the rare situation of caring for brain dead persons who, by their death, become potential organ donors (POD). A consequence might be that end-of-life care continues into after-death care in order to facilitate organ donation (OD). LÄS MER