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The Ethics of Organ Transplants: The Current Debate (Contemporary Issues (Buffalo, N.Y.).)  
Author: Arthur Caplan, et al
ISBN: 1573922242
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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From Library Journal
Renowned bioethicist Caplan (Ctr. for Bioethics, Univ. of Pennsylvania) and medical writer Coelho have selected 35 articles that are representative of the ethical issues surrounding organ transplantation. Scarcity of organs and the high costs involved in these procedures force difficult legal, philosophical, scientific, and economic choices. What are the sources of organs used in transplantation? How can we make the procurement system more efficient? Should we pay for organs? Should someone who has already received one transplant be allowed a second? Should alcoholics be given liver transplants? Are transplants really worth the tremendous costs? These are just a few of the questions discussed here. In many cases, the editors have selected companion articles that illustrate contrasting viewpoints on a particular issue. Although some articles are slightly dated, the issues are still relevant. This well-balanced, reasonably priced compilation is recommended for all libraries.ATina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Book News, Inc.
In 34 mostly recent articles, bioethicists, medical, legal, and cultural analysts confront the difficult issues engulfing organ sources, policies, commodification, and values: defining death, the use of fetal tissue, living donors, xenografting, selling and allocating organs. The bibliography includes web sites. No index. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Card catalog 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.




Ethics of Organ Transplants: The Current Debate

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

Renowned bioethicist Caplan (Ctr. for Bioethics, Univ. of Pennsylvania) and medical writer Coelho have selected 35 articles that are representative of the ethical issues surrounding organ transplantation. Scarcity of organs and the high costs involved in these procedures force difficult legal, philosophical, scientific, and economic choices. What are the sources of organs used in transplantation? How can we make the procurement system more efficient? Should we pay for organs? Should someone who has already received one transplant be allowed a second? Should alcoholics be given liver transplants? Are transplants really worth the tremendous costs? These are just a few of the questions discussed here. In many cases, the editors have selected companion articles that illustrate contrasting viewpoints on a particular issue. Although some articles are slightly dated, the issues are still relevant. This well-balanced, reasonably priced compilation is recommended for all libraries.--Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib.

Booknews

In 34 mostly recent articles, bioethicists, medical, legal, and cultural analysts confront the difficult issues engulfing organ sources, policies, commodification, and values: defining death, the use of fetal tissue, living donors, xenografting, selling and allocating organs. The bibliography includes web sites. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

     



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