The body as gift, resource or commodity? Heidegger and the ethics of organ transplantation

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-172

  Svenaeus, Fredrik ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Ethics; Heidegger; Organ transplantation; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952566118     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-010-9222-x     Document Type: Article

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