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Transplantation Ethics - Robert Veatch, Lainie Friedman Ross
Transplantation Ethics
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Although the history of organ transplant has its roots in ancient Christian mythology, it is only in the past fifty years that body parts from a dead person have successfully been procured and transplanted into a living person. After fourteen years, the three main issues that Robert Veatch first... show more
Although the history of organ transplant has its roots in ancient Christian mythology, it is only in the past fifty years that body parts from a dead person have successfully been procured and transplanted into a living person. After fourteen years, the three main issues that Robert Veatch first outlined in his seminal study Transplantation Ethics still remain: deciding when human beings are dead; deciding when it is ethical to procure organs; and deciding how to allocate organs, once procured.However, much has changed. Enormous strides have been made in immunosuppression. Alternatives to the donation model are debated much more openly―living donors are used more widely and hand and face transplants have become more common, raising issues of personal identity. In this second edition of Transplantation Ethics, coauthored by Lainie Friedman Ross, transplant professionals and advocates will find a comprehensive update of this critical work on transplantation policies.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781626161672 (1626161674)
ASIN: 1626161674
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
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