Ethics, justice and the sale of kidneys for transplantation purposes

dc.contributor.author	Slabbert, M
dc.date.accessioned	2011-04-04T08:15:05Z
dc.date.available	2011-04-04T08:15:05Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Slabbert, M. 2010. Ethics, justice and the sale of kidneys for transplantation purposes. Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad (PER), 13( 2):77-105 [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1727-3781
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4079
dc.description.abstract	Living kidney donor transplantations are complex; add to that financial compensation to the donor and one enters an ethical maze. Debates on whether the buying and selling of kidneys should be allowed are mainly between utilitarians, deontologists and virtue ethicists as legal transplants are more common in the Western world. The pros and cons of each theory in relation to the sale of human organs are analysed, after which the foundational principles for all bio-ethical judgments; beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice are also scrutinised in seeking to justify the sale of human kidneys for transplantation purposes in a country with a human rights culture.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Kidney donors	en
dc.subject	Transplantations	en
dc.subject	Medical ethics	en
dc.subject	Bio-ethical	en
dc.subject	Judgments	en
dc.subject	Beneficence	en
dc.title	Ethics, justice and the sale of kidneys for transplantation purposes	en
dc.type	Article	en