A Virtuous Death: Organ Donation and Eudaimonia

J Bioeth Inq. 2017 Sep;14(3):319-321. doi: 10.1007/s11673-017-9802-0. Epub 2017 Aug 16.

Author

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056 Basel, Switzerland, and Department of Health, Ethics and Society, CAPHRI Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. david.shaw@unibas.ch.

PMID: 28815381
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-017-9802-0

No abstract available

Keywords: Autonomy; Best interests; Eudaimonia; Organ donation; Sudden death; Virtue.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Accidents
Brain Death
Death, Sudden*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Happiness
Humans
Philosophy*
Tissue Donors*
Tissue and Organ Procurement*
Virtues