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ArticleHealth care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy2022

The Invisible Patient: Concerns about Donor Exploitation in Stem Cell Research.

Pär Segerdahl

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Article in Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Pär SegerdahlCentre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 564, SE-751 22, Uppsala, Sweden. par.segerdahl@crb.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3892-1537

Funding

Vetenskapsrådet 2016-02888
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As embryonic stem cell research is commercialized, the stem cell debate may shift focus from concerns about embryo destruction to concerns about exploitation of the women who donate eggs and embryos for research. Uncomfortable with the polarization of the embryo debate, this paper proposes a more "contemplative" approach than intellectual debate to concerns about exploitation. After examining pitfalls of rigid intellectual positions on exploitation, the paper investigates the possibility of a broader understanding of donation for research where patients are seen as the intended beneficiaries of the donation. Together with other actors, research is perceived as mediating altruistic gift relationships that extend from donors to patients. The paper explores how this broader perspective on "donation for research" can open up new possibilities of understanding donation and addressing risks of exploitation.

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Stem Cell ResearchTissue DonorsAltruismFemaleHumansEgg donationEmbryonic stem cell researchExploitationGift relationshipThick ethical concepts

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PMID36427133
PMCPMC9741569

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