Lethal Organ Donation: Would the Doctor Intend the Donor's Death?. Issue 4 (29th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bronner, Ben
• Is Part Of: Journal of medicine and philosophy. Volume 44:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 442
• Page End: 458
• Publication Date: 2019-07-29
• Subjects: closeness -- dead donor rule -- doctrine of double effect -- intention -- killing -- organ donation; Medicine -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Ethics, Medical -- Periodicals; Philosophy, Medical -- Periodicals; 616.001
• DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhz008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0360-5310

Abstract

Abstract: Lethal organ donation is a hypothetical procedure in which vital organs are removed from living donors, resulting in their death. An important objection to lethal organ donation is that it would infringe the prohibition on doctors intentionally causing the death of patients. I present a series of arguments intended to undermine this objection. In a case of lethal organ donation, the donor's death is merely foreseen, and not intended.