Organ transplantation and personal identity: How does loss and change of organs affect the self?

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-158

  Svenaeus, Fredrik ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alienation; face; heart; phenomenology; transplantation ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84862077778     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhs011     Document Type: Article

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