Organ transplants
By: James D. Torr, book editor.
Contributors: Torr, James D., 1974-
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press; Thomson/     Gale
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI; San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-87) and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: United States should adopt a policy of presumed consent toward organ donation -- Fady Moustarah -- The; title: United States should not adopt a policy of presumed consent toward organ donation -- Troy R. Jensen -- A; title: policy of mandated choice would be better than one of presumed consent -- Dustin Ballard; title: Raising awareness about organ donation is better than presumed consent or mandated choice -- Phil H. Berry Jr.; title: Compensating people for organ donation could alleviate the organ shortage -- Gregory E. Pence; title: Compensating people for organ donation is unethical -- Stephen G. Post; title: Research on cloning would help alleviate the organ shortage -- Peter A. Brown; title: Using cloned humans for organ transplants would be unethical -- Charles Krauthammer; title: Patients should be allowed to permit the removal of their organs shortly after death -- James M. DuBois; title: Vital organs must never be removed from patients before death -- John A. Robertson; title: Advances in tissue engineering could alleviate the organ shortage -- Doug Garr; title: Animal-to-human transplants could alleviate the organ shortage -- Erica Jonietz; title: Artificial organs could obviate many of the ethical dilemmas surrounding organ transplants-- Economist.