In any national health disaster calling individuals to voluntarily restrict their movements and interactions, the conflict between public interest and personal autonomy is bound to become messy.
- Bioethicist and Health Communication Specialist, University of the Witwatersrand
Religious and cultural beliefs play a role in the country’s organ donor shortages. But these factors alone grossly oversimplifies the issue.
Des chirurgiens sud-africains ont transplanté un greffon de foie provenant d’un donneur VIH-positif à un patient VIH-négatif. Un geste qui pose de nombreuses questions, notamment éthiques.
Doctors in South Africa performed a liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor to a HIV-negative recipient. Major ethical questions came into play.
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