| Description |
xvii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: religious and cultural perspectives on organ transplantation -- An ethical framework -- Brain death: welcome definition or dangerous judgment? -- The definition of death: problems for public policy -- The whole-brain-oriented concept of death: an outmoded philosophical formulation -- The impending collapse of the whole-brain definition of death -- The conscience clause: how much individual choice can society tolerate in defining death? -- Crafting a new definition of death law -- Gift or salvage: the two models of organ procurement -- The myth of presumed consent: ethical problems in new organ procurement strategies - Required response: an alternative to presumed consent -- Live-donor transplant: including the permanently unconscious and paired- and live-donor/cadaver exchanges -- Non-heart-beating cadaver donors |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Transplantation.
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| ISBN |
0878408118 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780878408115 cloth alkaline paper |
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0878408126 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780878408122 paperback alkaline paper |
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