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Medicina
Croatian Medical Association - Rijeka branch
ISSN: 0025-7729
Vol. 44, No. 2, 2008, pp. 123-128
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Bioline Code: me08017
Full paper language: Croatian
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Medicina, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2008, pp. 123-128
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An asian perspective on organ transplants
Tai, Michael Cheng-tek
Abstract
The dramatic progress of medical technology in organ transplants has enabled
many whose organs were damaged to resume productive lives and live longer. Although the
first successful transplantation took place in Boston in 1954, the real breakthrough of organ
transplantation came three decades later, after the discovery of Cyclosporin A. Today, it is
possible to transplant most organs including kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, lungs, skin, bone
marrow and cornea. When heart transplant was first attempted in 1967 in South Africa,
voices of profound concerns were raised asking how could something representing
someone’s personality be changed at will? Could human organs be treated as automobile
parts and be replaced with new ones when malfunctional? Gradually, transplantations have
become routine procedures for those who could afford it. In Asia, transplant operations
have been carried out daily. In some countries, rumours have been that many people sell
their organs in exchange for money. It has also been reported repeatedly that criminals,
including political prisoners, in certain Asian countries were used as sources of organs
supplies for transplants. The controversy of organ transplant still lingers on despite the fact
that this technology has become a rutine procedure in medical treatments. Asian countries
are rich in their religious and moral teachings. What are the attitudes of Asian sages and
traditional values towards this new technology? If transplantation procedures have become
a big enterprise in Asia, are the traditional moral values in Asia in favor of this? The aim of
this review is to address some of these questions.
Keywords
moral values, organ transplantation, phylosophy, religion
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Azijski pogled na transplantaciju organa
Tai, Michael Cheng-tek
Dramatično postignuće medicinske tehnologije transplantacije organa omogućilo je
mnogim osobama oštećenih organa da nastave živjeti duljim životom. Prva uspješna
transplantacija izvedena je u Bostonu 1954. godine, a pravi proboj transplantacije organa
dogodio se tri desetljeća kasnije, nakon otkrića Ciklosporina A koji rješava probleme odbacivanja
organa. Danas je moguće transplantirati većinu organa uključujući bubrege, srce, jetru,
gušteraču, pluća, kožu i niz tkiva poput koštane srži i rožnice. Kada se prvi put pokušalo s
transplantacijom srca, 1967. godine u Južnoj Africi, javili su se duboko zabrinuti glasovi koji su
postavili pitanje kako se nešto što predstavlja nečiju osobnost može mijenjati po volji? Može li
se s ljudskim organima postupati kao s dijelovima automobila koji će se zamijeniti novim
dijelovima uslijed kvara? Transplantacije su postupno prihvaćene kao dio rutinskih postupaka
za one koji su mogli platiti ovakve skupe zahvate. U Aziji se kirurški zahvati transplantacije
organa provode svakodnevno. U nekim zemljama su pokrenute glasine da ljudi prodaju svoje
organe u zamjenu za novac. Također je u više navrata izviješteno da kažnjenici, uključujući
političke zatvorenike u nekim azijskim zemljama, postaju izvori organa za transplantaciju.
Kontroverza oko transplantacije organa još uvijek postoji, unatoč činjenici da je ova tehnologija
postala dio uobičajenih medicinskih postupaka. Kakav je stav azijskih mudraca i tradicionalnih
vrijednosti prema ovoj tehnologiji? Ako je transplantacija organa u Aziji postala veliki
poduhvat, jesu li mu azijske tradicionalne moralne vrijednosti naklonjene? Cilj je ovog rada
pokušati dati odgovore na neka od ovih pitanja.
filozofija, moralne vrijednosti, religija, transplantacija organa
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