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In Defense of Routine Recovery of Cadaveric Organs: A Response to Walter Glannon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2008

AARON SPITAL  and
JAMES S. TAYLOR
AARON SPITAL
Affiliation:
Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst, New York, and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
JAMES S. TAYLOR
Affiliation:
The College of New Jersey
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Walter Glannon argues that our proposal for routine recovery (also known as conscription) of transplantable cadaveric organs is unacceptable “even if the consequence of [continuing to require consent] would be fewer organs for transplantation and fewer lives saved.” After carefully reviewing his counterarguments, we conclude that, although some of them have merit, none are sufficiently strong to warrant abandoning this plan. Below we respond to each of Glannon's concerns.

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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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