PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kushner, T
AU  - Belliotti, R
TI  - Baby Fae: a beastly business.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.11.4.178
DP  - 1985 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 178--183
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/11/4/178.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/11/4/178.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1985 Dec 01; 11
AB  - The Baby Fae experiment has highlighted the growing trend in medicine of using animal parts in the treatment of humans. This paper raises the question of the logical and moral justification for these current practices and their proposed expansion. We argue that the Cognitive Capacity Principle establishes morally justified necessary and sufficient conditions for the use of non-human animals in medical treatments and research. Some alternative sources for medical uses are explored as well as some possible programmes for their implementation.