Transplantation Ethics
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9781626161689; 9781626161672
Table of contents: title: Religious and cultural perspectives; title: An ethical framework : general theories of ethics; title: Part one : Defining death.; title: The dead donor rule and the concept of death; title: The whole-brain concept of death; title: The circulatory, or somatic, concept of death; title: The higher-brain concept of death; title: The conscience clause : How much individual choice can our society tolerate in defining death?; title: Crafting a new definition-of-death law; title: Part two : Procuring organs.; title: The donation model; title: Routine salvaging and presumed consent; title: Markets for organs; title: Live-donor transplants; title: High-risk donors; title: Xenotransplants : using organs from animals; title: The media's impact on transplants and directed donation; title: Part three : Allocating organs.; title: The roles of the clinician and the public; title: A general moral theory of organ allocation; title: Voluntary risks and allocation : does the alcoholic deserve a new liver?; title: Multi-organ, split-organ, and repeat transplants; title: The role of age in allocation; title: The role of status : the cases of Mickey Mantle, Robert Casey, Steve Jobs, and Dick Cheney; title: Geography and other causes of allocation disparities; title: Socially directed donation : restricting donation by social group; title: Elective organ transplantation; title: Vascularized composite allografts : Hand, face, and uterine transplants