| Description |
122 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
At issue. Health |
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At issue. Health.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Organ transplants : an overview / Arthur Caplan -- The US has failed to establish an effective organ procurement policy / T. Randolph Beard, John D. Jackson, and David L. Kaserman -- The gap between supply and demand for organs must be closed / The Economist -- Around the world, innovative programs boost organ donations / Alex Tabarrok -- Registered donors should have priority access to organs for transplant / Katrina A. Bramstedt -- Younger patients should have priority access to organs for transplantation / Katie Moisse -- Teens undergoing organ transplants do not fare as well as older patients / Lauran Neergaard -- Illegal organ trafficking is a serious global problem / Jeneen Interlandi -- Living kidney donations may not be safe for donors / R. Michael Hofmann -- The criteria for determining donor death should be changed / Robert D. Truog and Franklin G. Miller -- Brain death is an ethical criterion for organ removal for transplantation / James M. Dubois -- Brain death is not an ethical criterion for organ removal for transplant / Paul A. Byrne -- Cardiac death is a controversial criterion for organ removal for transplant / Alister Browne. |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Added Author |
Henningfeld, Diane Andrews.
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| ISBN |
9780737755862 hardcover |
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0737755865 hardcover |
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9780737755879 paperback |
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0737755873 paperback |
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