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A New Doctors’ Dilemma
When Christian Barnard, a South African doctor, performed the first human heart transplant in 1967, the result was a worldwide moral debate on the ethics of transplanting organs. Hearts were not the first human organs to be transplanted but, in this case, if a donor gave his or her heart, he or she would obviously and necessarily die (or be dead). Kidney transplants, which were already quite common in 1967, often involved the transfer of a single kidney from a close living relative. The chances of survival of the donor were somewhat diminished because he now had only one kidney and if that kidney were affected by disease, he would not have a healthy kidney in reserve. Nevertheless, the donor would certainly not necessarily die.
Undoubtedly, another reason why the first heart transplant was so controversial was the fact that we associate so many personality traits with the heart. Questions were asked of the type
A. Kidney transplant operations were not common until 1967.
B. Kidney s for transplant operations had to come from dead people in 1967.
C. Kidney transplant operations were performed before heart transplant operations.
D. Heart transplant operations were as common as kidney transplant operations.