Abstract
My assigned task is to examine Protestant perspectives on organ retrieval, particularly organ donation, with some attention to brain death. Because of the diverse traditions and denominations that are labeled Protestant, I cannot hope to be comprehensive. Instead, I will offer some rough generalizations about perspectives that can legitimately be considered Protestant, while raising more general issues as well.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Battin, M. P., 1982, Ethical Issues in Suicide, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Capron, A. M., 1987, Anencephalic donors: Separate the dead from the dying, Hastings Ctr. Rep. 17:5–9. Childress, J. F., 1985, Love and justice in Christian bioethics, in: Theology and Bioethics ( E. E. Shelp, ed.), pp. 225–243, Reidel, Dordrecht, Holland.
Childress, J. F., 1986, The Implications of Major Western Religious Traditions for Policies Regarding Human
Biological Materials, Office of Technology Assessment, Contract No. 633–2425.0 (May 13, 1986)
Childress, J. F., 1987, Some moral connections between organ procurement and organ distribution, J. Contemp. Health Law Policy 3: 85–110.
Fletcher, J. C., Robertson, J. R., and Harrison, M. R., 1986, Primates and anencephalics as sources for pediatric organ transplants, Fetal Ther.1:150–164.
Gallup Organization, 1985, The U. S. Public’s Attitudes Toward Organ Transplants/Organ Donation, conducted for Golin/Harris Communications, on behalf of the American Council on Transplantation, Jan. 1985.
Geiser, F., 1985, Sharing body and blood is familiar to Christians, Lutheran April 17: 5–7.
May, W. F., 1985, Religious justifications for donating body parts, Hastings Center Report 15:38–42. Nelson, J. R., 1984, Protestant Christian perspectives, Report of the Massachusetts Task Force on Organ Transplantation, presented to the Commissioner of Public Health and Secretary of Human Services, Oct. 1984, pp. 97–99.
Outka, G., 1974, Social justice and equal access to health care, J. Relig. Ethics 2: 11–32.
Ramsey, P., 1970, The Patient as Person, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. Task Force on Transplantation, 1986, Organ Transplantation: Issues and Recommendations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington.
Veatch, R. M., 1986a, Death, determination of, Dictionary of Christian Ethics, 2nd ed. (J. F. Childress and J. Macquarrie, eds.), pp. 144–146, Westminster Press, Philadelphia.
Veatch, R. M., 1986b, The Foundations of Justice, Oxford University Press, New York.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Plenum Publishing Corporation
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Childress, J.F. (1989). Protestant Perspectives on Organ Donation. In: Kaufman, H.H. (eds) Pediatric Brain Death and Organ/Tissue Retrieval. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5532-8_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5532-8_4
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4684-5534-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4684-5532-8
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive