Abstract
The practice of cross species transplantation has generated enormous controversies over time. Recently the lack of human organ donors has prompted an intense research effort throughout the medical community towards the possibility for animal organ transplants. Taking advantage of the overwhelming success of human to human transplantation, xeno-transplantation aims to reduce the demand-supply gap for organs. This paper examined whether the potentiality of saving thousands of lives should annihilate the ethical implications of xeno-transplantation and whether the possibility of ethical and health problems should overshadow the benefits of this new technology.
Recommended Citation
Okeke, J. C., & Akpan, C. O. (2012). An Inquiry into the Moral Question of Xeno-Transplantation. Journal of Health Ethics, 8(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.18785/ojhe.0801.02
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