The EANS Ethico-legal Committee finds the proposed head transplant project unethical

Brennum, Jannick

doi:10.1007/s00701-016-2986-y

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“…In addition to the medical issues that such a procedure can obscure, but that are not the focus of this commentary, many ethical concerns have arisen from both the scientific community (Brennum 2016, Furr et al 2017) and the general public. The already known concerns, related to organ transplantation in general, largely involve an attempt to minimize risks and optimize benefits.…”

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Personal Identity and Head Transplant: A Psychological Analysis

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Personal Identity and Head Transplant: A Psychological Analysis

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Heads, Bodies, Brains, and Selves: Personal Identity and the Ethics of Whole-Body Transplantation

Iltis

2022

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Plans to attempt what has been called a head transplant, a body transplant, and a head-to-body transplant in human beings raise numerous ethical, social, and legal questions, including the circumstances, if any, under which it would be ethically permissible to attempt whole-body transplantation (WBT) in human beings, the possible effect of WBT on family relationships, and how families should shape WBT decisions. Our assessment of many of these questions depends partially on how we respond to sometimes centuries-old philosophical thought experiments about personal identity. As with so much in bioethics, it is impossible to escape, or at least inadvisable to try to bypass, the relevant foundational philosophical concerns.

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The EANS Ethico-legal Committee finds the proposed head transplant project unethical

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Personal Identity and Head Transplant: A Psychological Analysis

Personal Identity and Head Transplant: A Psychological Analysis

Research Ethics: When Innovation Is Clearly Research

Heads, Bodies, Brains, and Selves: Personal Identity and the Ethics of Whole-Body Transplantation

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