The ethics of organ transplantation
By: edited by Steven J. Jensen
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780813218748
Subjects: Medical ethics; Moral and ethical aspects; Transplantation of organs, tissues
Description: "An ever-increasing demand for organs, with over 100,000 people on waiting lists, has driven a relentless search for new sources of organs. In 1995 the American Medical Association supported taking organs from anencephalic infants, children born without brains. In 1999 the Chinese government began removing organs from members of the politically outcast religious group Falun Gong, making a lucrative profit from sales to foreigners. Recently in Belgium physicians have euthanized a patient by removing her organs. The search for fresh organs began much earlier, in 1968, when death was redefined, so that well-preserved organs could be removed from brain dead individuals. The early 1990s saw the introduction of donation after cardiac death, in which organs are taken from individuals whose hearts could still be resuscitated. Over the last two decades various countries have attempted markets in the sale of organs". --Backcover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.