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1 I, 1,1 | because of the increased risk of transmission of infection
2 II, 1,12 | xenotransplantation: health risk. We shall discuss this in
3 II, 2,12(64)| Benefit versus Collective Risk, Nature Medicine, 1998,
4 II, 2,13 | The Health Risk ~13. As previously stated,
5 II, 2,13 | xenotransplantation is that of the health risk involved in such procedures.
6 II, 2,13 | in such procedures. This risk is dependent on various
7 II, 2,13 | aspects of the ethics of risk. ~Risk - understood as an
8 II, 2,13 | of the ethics of risk. ~Risk - understood as an unwanted
9 II, 2,13 | circumstances can be expressed as a risk percentage or as a statistical
10 II, 2,13 | certain chance factors of risk can sometimes alter the
11 II, 2,13 | Naturally, a very probable risk is easily tolerated if the
12 II, 2,13 | small; on the contrary, a risk that causes a high level
13 II, 2,13 | the acceptability of the risk, as reflected by the risk/
14 II, 2,13 | risk, as reflected by the risk/benefit ratio. Only when
15 II, 2,13 | benefit ratio. Only when a risk can be concretely assessed
16 II, 2,13 | as the acceptance of the risk, as defined by the reaction
17 II, 2,13 | to the existence of the risk. This is a response that
18 II, 2,13(65)| Cf. Schöne-Seifert B., Risk, in Reich T.W. (ed.), Encyclopedia
19 II, 2,13 | reliable assessment of such a risk, greater caution should
20 II, 2,13 | the distinction between risk assessment and risk management.
21 II, 2,13 | between risk assessment and risk management. To achieve an
22 II, 2,14 | discussion of the ethics of risk must now be applied to the
23 II, 2,14 | establish the threshold of risk that must not be crossed
24 II, 2,14 | because of the possible risk of genetic recombination
25 II, 2,16 | contact with others while the risk of contagion is present).
26 II, 2,17 | about its success and the risk entailed to be excessive.
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