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In today’s world of technomedicine, the key topics of discussion circle round molecular biology and organ replacement therapy. In organ replacement especially, two subjects always spark off the liveliest debates:
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the definition of death;
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the ethics of living donation.
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Bonomini, V. (1991). Medical Risk and Benefit in Renal Donors: The Use of Living Donors Is Justified. In: Land, W., Dossetor, J.B. (eds) Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76444-8_4
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