The ethics of organ transplants
Subtitle: the current debate
By: edited by Arthur L. Caplan and Daniel H. Coelho.
Contributors: Caplan, Arthur L.; Coelho, Daniel H.
Series: [Contemporary issues]; Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Medical ethics.
Description: With more than thirty of the most important, influential, and up-to-date articles from leaders in ethics, medicine, sociology, law, and politics, The Ethics of Organ Transplants examines the numerous and tangled issues that surround the debate over organ procurement and distribution: the search for new sources of organs, new methods of procurement, new ways of managing dying, and innovative strategies for fairly distributing this scarce life-saving resource.
Notes: "Bibliography": p. 347-349.
Includes bibliographical references.