UID:
almafu_9959227959302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (261 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8047-8464-7
Inhalt:
Although organ transplants provide the best, and often the only, effective therapy for many otherwise fatal conditions, the great benefits of transplantation go largely unrealized because of failures in the organ acquisition process. In the United States, for instance, more than 10,000 people die every year either awaiting transplantation, or as a result of deteriorating health exacerbated by the shortage of organs. Issues pertaining to organ donation and transplantation represent, perhaps, the most complex and morally controversial medical dilemmas aside from abortion and euthana
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The evolution of organ transplantation and procurement policy -- Consequences of the current policy -- Social costs and benefits of transplants -- Economic and political causes of the shortage of organs -- Reforms short of open donor compensation -- An assessment of the moral basis of alternative organ donation rules -- Donor reaction to compensation and a proposal for a public monopsony for organ acquisition.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8047-8409-4
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9780804784641
