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Biopolitics, Terri Schiavo, and the Sovereign Subject of Death

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 33 (6):538-557 (2008)

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Proceeding with clinical trials of animal to human organ transplantation: a way out of the dilemma.A. Ravelingien - 2004 - Journal of Medical Ethics 30 (1):92-98.details The transplantation of porcine organs to humans could in the future be a solution to the worldwide organ shortage, but is to date still highly experimental. Further research on the potential effects of crossing the species barrier is essential before clinical application is acceptable. However, many crucial questions on efficacy and safety will ultimately only be answered by well designed and controlled solid organ xenotransplantation trials on humans. This paper is concerned with the question under which conditions, given the risks (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 6 citations
Right of the Living Dead? Consent to Experimental Surgery in the Event of Cortical Death.Robert Sparrow - 2006 - Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (10):601-605.details Ravelingien et al have suggested that early human xenotransplantation trials should be carried out on patients who are in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) and who have previously granted their consent to the use of their bodies in such research in the event of their cortical death. Unfortunately, their philosophical defence of this suggestion is unsatisfactory in its current formulation, as it equivocates on the key question of the status of patients who are in a PVS. The solution proposed by (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 4 citations
The need for a new medical model: a challenge for biomedicine.George L. Engel - 1977 - Science 196:129-136.details Download Export citation Bookmark 256 citations
Respecting rights … to death.N. Levy - 2006 - Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (10):608-611.details Ravelingien et al1 argue that, given the restrictions that must be imposed on recipients of xenotransplanted organs, we should conduct clinical trials of xenotransplantation only on patients in a persistent vegetative state. I argue that there is no ethical barrier to using terminally ill patients instead. Such patients can choose to waive their rights to the liberties that xenotransplantation would probably restrict; it is surely rational to prefer to waive your rights rather than to die, and permissible to allow patients (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Relatives of the living dead.J. Thompson - 2006 - Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (10):607-608.details Death has a social meaning in every culture. It is not something that concerns only the person who dies, but also his or her family, friends and other people in the community. Most people have an idea of what counts as a good death—for the person concerned or for those who survive. Some people would prefer to die suddenly and painlessly, in their sleep if possible. But for many people, a good death is a process in which they gradually lose (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Research and patients in a permanent vegetative state.H. Draper - 2006 - Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (10):607-607.details The argument that a permanent vegetative state equates to death because it marks the death of the person is not a new one, but I wonder whether Ravelingien et al1 need to regard those in a PVS as dead to make a case for animal to human transplantation trials taking place in such people. It is not an argument likely to convince anyone who refuses to accept that only human persons have inherent value, dignity or a right to life, and (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation

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