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Organ donation after euthanasia: Altruism to mask utilitarianism?

Author / Source : EIB Published on : 07/12/2024 Thematic : Status of the human body / Organ donation and death News Temps de lecture : 3 min.

The 10th ‘Sympadot’ symposium, organised on 21 November by the Transplantation Department of Brussels University Hospital (Erasme), focused on organ donation and transplantation. Among the topics discussed was the deliberately provocative question: ‘Euthanasia, a pathway to the futur? According to the speakers, the aim is to promote an ‘end-of-life project’ that would include organ donation. Is this an attempt to promote an altruistic gesture to divert...