If cutting off genitals is bad…. ho 'bout cutting off heads?
from 2018 Jul 13
"Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero proposed the HEAVEN procedure - i.e. head anastomosis venture - several years ago, and has recently received approval from the relevant regulatory bodies to perform this body-head transplant (BHT) in China. The BHT procedure involves attaching the donor body (D) to the head of the recipient (R), and discarding the body of R and head of D. Canavero's proposed procedure will be incredibly difficult from a medical standpoint."
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(1) What are the implications for transplantology in the U.S., inclusive of issues of expense, distributive justice, organizational procedures, and the cost(s) of novel insight(s)?
(2) How do bioethical and neuroethical principles, and legal regulations of human subject research apply?
(3) What are the legal consequences for Canavero (or any other surgeon) performing a BHT?
(4) What are the tentative implications for the metaphysical and legal identity of R should they survive post-BHT?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30005672/