Transplantation ethics
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- ISBN: 9781626161689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1626161682 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781626161672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1626161674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781626161696 (ebook)
- ISBN: 1626161690 (ebook)
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Physical Description:
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xxi, 451 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm - Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Religious and cultural perspectives -- 2. An ethical framework: General theories of ethics -- Part I. Defining Death -- 3. The Dead Donor Rule and the concept of death -- 4. The Whole-Brain Concept of Death -- 5. The Circulatory, or Somatic, Concept of Death -- 6. The Higher-Brain Concept of Death -- 7. The Conscience Clause: How much individual choice can our society tolerate in defining death -- 8. Crafting a new definition-of-death law -- Part II. Procuring Organs -- 9. The Donation Model -- 10. Routine salvaging and presumed consent -- 11. Markets for organs -- 12. Live-donor transplants -- 13. High-risk donors -- 14. Xenotransplants: Using organs from animals -- 15. The media's impact on transplants and directed donation -- Part III. Allocating Organs -- 16. The roles of the clinician and the public -- 17. A general moral theory of organ allocation -- 18. Voluntary risks and allocation: Does the alcoholic deserve a new liver? -- 19. Multi-organ, split-organ, and repeat transplants -- 20. The role of age in allocation -- 21. The role of status: The cases of Mickey Mantle, Robert Casey, Steve Jobs, and Dick Cheney -- 22. Geography and other causes of allocation disparities -- 23. Socially directed donation: Restricting donation by social group -- 24. Elective organ transplantation -- Vascularized composite allografts: Hand, face, and uterine transplants. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RD 120.7 .V43 2015 | 30775305506363 | General Collection | Available | - |