Ethic analysis of the role of incentive system in the organ donation after citizen’s death
10.3969/j.issn.1674-7445.2023225
- VernacularTitle:激励制度在公民逝世后器官捐献中的伦理分析
- Author:
Longfei FENG
1
;
Xiaomei ZHAI
2
Author Information
1. College of Cosmetology, Yichun University, Yichun 336000, China.
2. .
- Publication Type:TransplantationEthics
- Keywords:
Organ donation;
Organ transplantation;
Incentive system;
Ethical justification;
Economic incentive;
Non-economic incentive;
Altruism;
Funeral expenses
- From:
Organ Transplantation
2024;15(1):118-124
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Organ transplantation has demonstrated its significant values by its excellent effectiveness in health reconstruction and life survival, where organ donation is a major component in promoting the development of organ transplantation in China. In recent years, an important progress has been made in organ transplantation in China with an annually increased organ donation rate. In spite of this, there is a serious fact confronted by us that the donated organ quantity is insufficient, which may be solved by further improvement of medical science and public health policy. According to the international experience, an incentive system may improve the organ donation rate effectively although the hidden ethic property of the incentive system itself may have an essentially conflict with the altruism contained in the organ donation. Therefore, in this article, the property of the incentive system, the interaction between organ donation and incentive system and the ethic justification of the system was reviewed, aiming to provide a reference for the further development of the organ donation and transplantation business in China.
