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...impact the case could have--not on bodies already gone but on ones still to be pledged by living donors, who may now wonder if their largesse is such a good idea. "There's nothing more toxic to public altruism than this kind of scam," says Art Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics. "Potential donors say, 'Exactly what I thought. They're stealing our parts...
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...Ryan J. Kuo ’04, Benjamin J. Soskin ’04, Nathan K. Burstein ’04, Clint J. Froehlich ’05, Ashley Aull ’06, Christopher W. Platts ’06, Ben B. Chung ’06, Emily Caplan ’06, Josiah P. Child ’05, Anthony S.A. Freinberg ’04, Alexandra B. Moss ’05, Michael S. Hoffman ’06 and Anais A. Borja...
...specifics of the Stokes case. In its five years of existence, Dignitas has assisted in the suicides of close to 150 people, including several who reportedly were mentally ill. Most bioethicists say cases like the Stokes' are foreboding. "With terminal illness, your fate is sealed," says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. "Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line." But relying on an individual's opinion that life has become unbearable means...