Bioethicists Urge Using Brain-Injury Patients for Medical Experiments

October 9, 2006

Several articles published in the recent issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics debated the potential use of patients with non-responsive brain function for such medical experiments as animal organ transplants — to bypass ethic prohibitions against using a living human being for medical experimentation. Some even suggested designating such patients as “dead,” saying their cognitive impairments justified treating them as cadavers. (Catholic Exchange)