What is an organ? Heidegger and the phenomenology of organ transplantation

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-196

  Svenaeus, Fredrik ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Heidegger; Organ transplantation; Phenomenology; Philosophy of medical technology; Tool

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXISTENTIALISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXISTENTIALISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 77953659880     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-010-9144-y     Document Type: Article

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