THE CONTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL HISTORY TO MEDICAL ETHICS The Case of Brain Death

Wiesemann, Claudia

doi:10.1007/1-4020-4241-8_14

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“…For example, both countries implemented brain death as a precondition for post‐mortem donation at almost the same time (Denmark in 1990, Germany in 1996) after an intensive discussion of the reliability of the criterion (Kleindienst et al . , Wiesemann, ). So, Hoeyer et al .…”

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‘Saying no to organ donation’: an empirical typology of reluctance and rejection

Pfaller

Hansen

Adloff³

et al. 2018

Sociology Health & Illness

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In Germany, as well as in other countries, organ shortages are usually explained by a relative unwillingness to donate among a population which is assumed to be caused by a lack of information and mistrust of the system. As we can see in the data of our qualitative research (focus groups and interviews), lack of information or mistrust are not the only reasons for people to be reluctant to agree to the donation of their organs after death. In fact we can identify four positions: (1) information deficit; (2) mistrust; (3) no killing; and (4) bodily integrity. The first and second are the two prominent explanations in the public discourse about low donation rates. The third and the fourth instead have neither been adequately articulated nor been discussed as a proper argument. Therefore, by means of sociology of critique, we discuss their contribution to the discourse as comprehensible reasons for reluctance and present them as credible positions of criticism: These two positions illuminate fundamental and universal values of the inviolability of the person and human dignity. Thus, both positions are consistent and morally justifiable and should be addressed with sensitivity.

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‘Saying no to organ donation’: an empirical typology of reluctance and rejection

Pfaller

Hansen

Adloff³

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Sociology Health & Illness

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“…8 For a reconstruction of the history of the definition of death in 20th century, which accounts for the social construction of science and the role of values in history, see Wiesemann (2006). See also Winkler (1984) on the brain death controversy.…”

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The Experience of Death in Techno-Scientific Societies

Gómez

2016

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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This article offers a criticism of the generalized idea that contemporary Western Society denies and hides death and the set of moral recommendations derived from it. The death-denying and death-hiding hypotheses have been proposed in order to explain the changes in the way of facing death after the consolidation of modern medicine. After explaining both hypotheses, I situate them historically in the context of the origins of bioethics and the criticism against techno-science. Afterward, it is offered a criticism of the assumptions used to justify them. As an alternative to both hypotheses, it is proposed that modern Western Society has created its own way of facing death, namely a techno-scientific approach with particular consequences for the decision-making processes at the end of life. The logical connection established between the hypotheses and the set of moral recommendations is consequently reexamined, finally arguing for a situated approach to end-of-life dilemmas and decisions.

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“…plantationsmedizin in [6,10]. 6 Die Medizin kennt sogar den Begriff der körperlichen Norm, die -wie das Beispiel der Sucht zeigt -keinesfalls auf wertfreie "Normalwerte" reduzierbar ist [9].…”

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Die Beziehung der Medizinethik zur Medizingeschichte und Medizintheorie

Wiesemann

2006

Ethik Med

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THE CONTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL HISTORY TO MEDICAL ETHICS The Case of Brain Death

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

‘Saying no to organ donation’: an empirical typology of reluctance and rejection

‘Saying no to organ donation’: an empirical typology of reluctance and rejection

The Experience of Death in Techno-Scientific Societies

Die Beziehung der Medizinethik zur Medizingeschichte und Medizintheorie

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