Easy Rescues and Organ Transplantation

Snyder, Jeremy

doi:10.1007/s10730-009-9086-9

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“…Fabre 2006: 72-97;Gelinas 2016;Hartogh 2008, sec. 7;Hester 2006;Howard 2006;2007;Snyder 2009. As is clear, there are important predecessors to our argument.…”

Section: Samaritanism: Opt-out As An Easy Rescuementioning

confidence: 61%

“…In Peter Singer's famous example, you are to imagine yourself walking past a shallow pond where you see a child about to drown (Cullity 2004;Singer 1972;2004;2009). There is no one else around capable of undertaking a rescue.…”

Section: Samaritanism: Opt-out As An Easy Rescuementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Jeremy Snyder argues that whether organ donation constitutes a case of easy rescue is more context-dependent than people usually allow for. However, he believes that under certain circumstances, the status of organ donation as an easy rescue requires the introduction of an opt-out policy (Snyder 2009). Cécile Fabre argues that there is a justice-based argument for routine removal of organs, even if the person in question objects to such a removal (Fabre 2008).…”

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Opt-Out to the Rescue: Organ Donation and Samaritan Duties

Midtgaard

Albertsen

2021

Public Health Ethics

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Deceased organ donation is widely considered as a case of easy rescue―that is, a case in which A may bestow considerable benefits on B while incurring negligent costs herself. Yet, the policy implications of this observation remain unclear. Drawing on Christopher H. Wellman’s samaritan account of political obligations, the paper develops a case for a so-called opt-out system, i.e., a scheme in which people are defaulted into being donors. The proposal’s key idea is that we may arrange people’s options in specific ways for the sake of others.

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“…Fabre 2006: 72-97;Gelinas 2016;Hartogh 2008, sec. 7;Hester 2006;Howard 2006;2007;Snyder 2009. As is clear, there are important predecessors to our argument.…”

Section: Samaritanism: Opt-out As An Easy Rescuementioning

confidence: 61%

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confidence: 99%

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Opt-Out to the Rescue: Organ Donation and Samaritan Duties

Midtgaard

Albertsen

2021

Public Health Ethics

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“…The duty of easy rescue is frequently used to justify an obligation of post mortem organ donation for transplantation, even to the point of advocating a system of conscription (Fabre 2006;Hester 2006;Snyder 2009;Spital and Taylor 2007). However, even if an obligation to donate one's organs for transplantation after death could be established on the basis of a duty of easy rescue, a similar obligation to make one's body material available for research purposes after death seems harder to substantiate.…”

Section: Duty Of Easy Rescuementioning

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Governing the Postmortem Procurement of Human Body Material for Research

Assche¹,

Capitaine²,

Pennings³

et al. 2015

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Human body material removed post mortem is a particularly valuable resource for research. Considering the efforts that are currently being made to study the biochemical processes and possible genetic causes that underlie cancer and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, it is likely that this type of research will continue to gain in importance. However, post mortem procurement of human body material for research raises specific ethical concerns, more in particular with regard to the consent of the research participant. In this paper, we attempt to determine which consent regime should govern the post mortem procurement of body material for research. In order to do so, we assess the various arguments that could be put forward in support of a duty to make body material available for research purposes after death. We argue that this duty does in practice not support conscription but is sufficiently strong to defend a policy of presumed rather than explicit consent.

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“…Additionally, reorienting public perception of organ donation from individualized altruism to a fulfilment of ethical obligations towards one's society may well contribute to higher donation rates. New motivations of reciprocity, solidarity and civic duty may prove more effective in the long term than financial incentives (see Etzioni, 2003;Siegal et al, 2009;Snyder, 2009). Finally, pursuing self-sufficiency encourages comprehensive and multifaceted efforts to meet needs for organs, but also to minimize them by preventing and treating diseases that contribute to organ failure.…”

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Medical travel and the sale of human biological materials: Suggestions for ethical policy development

Martin

2010

Global Social Policy

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The international medical travel industry includes patients seeking to access human biological materials (HBM) including gametes, organs and stem cells. Of the various niche markets, ‘transplant tourism’ has earned global condemnation and efforts to eradicate cross-border trade in organs, while other markets continue to expand. This article reviews the ethical issues raised by medical travel for HBM, in particular those concerning trade in HBM. It argues that a more consistent approach to the regulation of cross-border trade is imperative to ensure that the perils of ‘transplant tourism’ are not replicated in other markets. In addition, it discusses the role of the self-sufficiency model in assisting the development of ethical and practical policies regarding the procurement and use of human biological materials at a national level, thereby minimizing demand for medical travel.

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Easy Rescues and Organ Transplantation

Cited by 25 publications

References 33 publications

Opt-Out to the Rescue: Organ Donation and Samaritan Duties

Opt-Out to the Rescue: Organ Donation and Samaritan Duties

Governing the Postmortem Procurement of Human Body Material for Research

Medical travel and the sale of human biological materials: Suggestions for ethical policy development

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