Stakes And Kidneys
Subtitle: Why Markets In Human Body Parts Are Morally Imperative (Live Questions in Ethics and Moral Philosophy)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780754641094
Subjects: Medical ethics; Moral and ethical aspects; Kidneys; Medical / Nursing; Philosophy; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.; Health Care Delivery; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Economic aspects; Law and legislation; Procurement of organs, tissues
First sentence: It is well known that the number of human organs that become available for transplantation each year falls far short of the number that are required.