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Is Living Organ Donation Ethical?

January 24, 2024 by Maria Kunar

Is Living Organ Donation Ethical? Living organ donation should be recognized as an ethical compromise to the principle of nonmaleficence (doing no harm), given the risks healthy donors are allowed to assume. Living organ donation should be reserved for situations in which there is no acceptable alternative. Are anencephalic babies brain dead? Anencephalic babies are

Is Anencephaly Rare?

January 24, 2024 by James Park

Is Anencephaly Rare? Researchers estimate that about 1 in every 4,600 babies is born with anencephaly in the United States. How is anencephaly inherited? In Iranian Jews, who have high rates of consanguinity (mating with family members), it is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Parents who have had a child with anencephaly are at