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Organ transplants / Susan C. Hunnicutt, book editor.
Series: At issue. HealthPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007.Description: 123 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780737736922 (pbk.) :
- 0737736925 (pbk.) :
- RD120.76 .O74 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The urgent need for organ donors raises complex ethical questions / President's Council on Bioethics -- 2. Being a kidney donor was a good choice for me / Virginia Postrel -- 3. Compensating the families of organ donors would be effective and ethical / David E. Harrington and Edward A. Sayre -- 4. People who need transplants should be allowed to purchase organs / Sally Satel -- 5. The sale of organs would undermine fundamental values / Francis L. Delmonico -- 6. The organ donation system should be based on quid pro quid / David J. Undis -- 7. Organ donors should be reimbursed for their expenses / Scott Klarenbach, Amit X. Garg, Sorina Vlaicu -- 8. Criteria for defining death for potential organ donors should be more stringent / John B. Shea -- 9. Better oversight of the U.S. transplant system is needed / Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber -- 10. The involuntary harvesting of organs is a crime against humanity / Wang Wenyi -- 11. Condemned prisoners should not be considered as organ donors / UNOS Ethics Committee -- 12. Convicts should not be automatically excluded from receiving transplants / W. Victoria Lee -- 13. Animal-to-human transplants carry the risk of spreading diseases / Luis Fabregas -- Organizations to contact
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Introduction -- 1. The urgent need for organ donors raises complex ethical questions / President's Council on Bioethics -- 2. Being a kidney donor was a good choice for me / Virginia Postrel -- 3. Compensating the families of organ donors would be effective and ethical / David E. Harrington and Edward A. Sayre -- 4. People who need transplants should be allowed to purchase organs / Sally Satel -- 5. The sale of organs would undermine fundamental values / Francis L. Delmonico -- 6. The organ donation system should be based on quid pro quid / David J. Undis -- 7. Organ donors should be reimbursed for their expenses / Scott Klarenbach, Amit X. Garg, Sorina Vlaicu -- 8. Criteria for defining death for potential organ donors should be more stringent / John B. Shea -- 9. Better oversight of the U.S. transplant system is needed / Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber -- 10. The involuntary harvesting of organs is a crime against humanity / Wang Wenyi -- 11. Condemned prisoners should not be considered as organ donors / UNOS Ethics Committee -- 12. Convicts should not be automatically excluded from receiving transplants / W. Victoria Lee -- 13. Animal-to-human transplants carry the risk of spreading diseases / Luis Fabregas -- Organizations to contact
Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-117) and index.
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