Neural fetal tissue transplants: old and new issues |
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| Authors: | Nora L M Mahowald M B |
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| Institution: | Lois Margaret Nora is Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, and Associate Professor, Neurology, at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40506.;Mary B. Mahowald is Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and in the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Neural fetal tissue transplantation offers promise as a treatment for devasting neurologic conditions such as Parkinson's disease. Two types of issues arise from this procedure: those associated with the use of fetuses, and those associated with the use of neural tissue. The former issues have been examined in many forums; the latter have not. This paper reviews issues and arguments raised by the use of fetal tissue in general, but focuses on the implications of the use of neural tissue for basic concepts of personnood and personal identity. |
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| Keywords: | abortion fetal tissue individuation medical ethics mind/brain neural fetal tissue personhood tissue transplantation |
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