UID:
almafu_9960024741202883
Format:
1 online resource (358 p.)
ISBN:
9783839446430
Series Statement:
Bioethik / Medizinethik ; 3
Content:
This collection features comprehensive overviews of the various ethical challenges in organ transplantation. International readings well-grounded in the latest developments in the life sciences are organized into systematic sections and engage with one another, offering complementary views. All core issues in the global ethical debate are covered: donating and procuring organs, allocating and receiving organs, as well as considering alternatives. Due to its systematic structure, the volume provides an excellent orientation for researchers, students, and practitioners alike to enable a deeper understanding of some of the most controversial issues in modern medicine.
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Frontmatter --
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Inhalt --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Exploring the Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation --
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I. DONATION OF ORGANS AND TISSUE --
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1. Making Sense of Donation --
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2. Defining Consent --
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3. Nudging in Donation Policies --
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4. Appealing to Trust in Donation Contexts --
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II. HUMAN ORGAN SOURCES --
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5. Determining Brain Death --
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6. Defining Death in Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death --
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7. Deciding about Living Organ Donation --
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8. Unspecified Living Organ Donation --
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III. ORGAN ALLOCATION AND TRANSPLANTATION SYSTEMS --
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9. Allocating Organs --
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10. Allocating Organs --
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11. Selling Organs --
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12. Selecting Donors and Recipients --
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IV. ORGAN RECIPIENTS --
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13. Living with a Transplant --
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14. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Gift-Giving in Transplantation Narratives --
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15. Transplanting the Uterus --
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V. ALTERNATIVES --
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16. Researching Xenotransplantation --
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17. Envisioning 3D Bioprinting --
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18. Considering the Role of Public Health --
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Contributors
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783839446430
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839446430
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839446430
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