#136 – Organs from the dead
With Dr Trevor Stammers
Rates for deceased donations greatly vary across the world but organ transplantation heavily depends on them and virtually exclusively so for vital organs such as the heart.
But this raises many ethical questions about the nature of death. Can the dead be harmed? Who should give consent for donation when the wishes of the deceased are unclear? Should the 'dead donor rule' be abandoned as some suggest?
These and other questions will be explored from a Christian perspective.
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Dr Trevor Stammers
Dr Trevor Stammers was Editor of The New Bioethics journal. He was formerly Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University and was a family doctor for 27 years before going into academia. His latest book is
The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition.
