Xenotransplantation: The Role of Public Involvement

Public involvement, namely including the general public, for health regulations and policies has gained momentum and has been deemed increasingly relevant in the past few decades in most democratic societies. This chapter illustrates the meaning and the evolution of public involvement in xenotransplantation (XTx) from a science policy perspective—that is, how scientific knowledge and normative requirements merge in decision-making—and with an interest for the current changes as to how democratic societies think of themselves