In bioethics, ethics of organ transplantation refers to the ethical concerns on organ transplantation procedures . Both the source and method of obtaining the organ to transplant are major ethical issues to consider, as well as the notion of distributive justice.
Distribution
The shortage of organ donors and the growing waiting list of patients leads to many social issues, such as distribution. In 1994, E. H. Kluge objects the equal access principle based on his argument that people whose need are uncontrollable should be preferred over people who choose a poor lifestyle The donor matching which is supposed to maximize the number of life-years gained is also subject to debate, as people value their organ and the rest of their lives differently. In practice, organ and tissue banks often choose patients in a way that maximize their revenue, those “altruistic” clinics may not have the necessary income to fund research and development to improve quality and availability of care