Moral Problems in the Use of Borrowed Organs, Artificial and Transplanted
Authors: J. R. E.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Editorials1 February 1964Moral Problems in the Use of Borrowed Organs, Artificial and TransplantedJ. R. E.J. R. E.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-2-309 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCannibalizingwas the term applied to a practice that unhappy circumstances spawned in some of the more remote areas of action in World War II. This process consisted of combining parts of a number of damaged vehicles to make one whole vehicle that would function. Such a practice in medicine has not quite arrived but we are moving in that direction. Every day the press, lay and professional, brings us news of the borrowed use of some organ, natural or artificial, to shore up some damaged human "vehicle" and put him on the road again. The analogy may be a...References1. MAXWELLROCKNEYKLEEMANTWISS MNRECRMR: Peritoneal dialysis. I. Technique and applications. 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