Chapter IV of the Manual of Catholic Medical Ethics edited by Dr Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk, Dr L.J.M. Hendriks and Prof F.J. van Ittersum.
Xenotransplantation concerns the transplantation of an organ or tissue of a given type of animal to another type of animal or to a human being. This type of transplantation has gained interest because of the shortage of human organ donations. In the Netherlands, xenotransplantation from animals to humans is prohibited. In an exploratory dialogue, there …
F.J. van Ittersum and L.J.M. Hendriks 1.5.1 Preventive diagnostics and preventive treatment 1.5.1.1 Shift from emphasis on therapeutic to preventive medicine in the 20th century In the second half of the 20th century, the focus in medicine shifted more towards prevention and early detection of diseases, even though much of the attention of doctors and …
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