ITN Vol 16; Issue 49, 2016-2017

MOHAN Foundation Organises Organ Donation and Transplantation Symposium at the 6th National Bioethics Conference, Pune

This was a landmark symposium on the ethical issues surrounding organ donation and transplantation in India.

“… The theme of the 6th NBC was Healing and dying with Dignity: Ethical Issues in Palliative Care, End of Life Care and Euthanasia. One of the subthemes was 'Organ donation and body donation in the context of end-of-life care decision making.' The importance of this sub-theme was underscored by the release of an anthology titled 'Organ Transplantation – Compassion and Commerce.' The articles in the collection have appeared in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics over the 25 years that it has been published…”