The ethics of organ transplantation /

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"An ever-increasing demand for organs, with over 100,000 people on waiting lists, has driven a relentless search for new sources of organs. In 1995 the American Medical Association supported taking organs from anencephalic infants, children born without brains. In 1999 the Chinese government be...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jensen, Steven J., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2011.
Temas:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Organ Transplantation > ethics
Ethics, Medical
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Medical ethics
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Brain death: Primum non nocere : a contrarian ethic? / Robert E. Hurley
  • Controversies surrounding brain death / D. Alan Shewmon
  • Ontological status of whole-brain-dead individuals / Jason T. Eberl
  • Consciousness and aesthetics in decisions concerning organ donation using anencephalic neonates / A.A. Howsepian.
  • pt. 2. Donation after cardiac death : Organ donation following cardiac death : conflicts of interest, ante mortem interventions, and determinations of death / Christopher Kaczor
  • Ethical concerns with rapid organ recovery ambulances / L.M. Whetstine.
  • pt. 3. The dead donor rule: Allow the dying to donate : replace the dead donor rule / Thomas I. Cochrane
  • A Catholic view on the dead donor rule / Witold Kania
  • Killing and letting die / Steven J. Jensen.
  • pt. 4. Gift or conscription?: Organ donation and the beatific vision : Thomist moral theology confronts the tide of relativism / Romanus Cessario, O.P.
  • The meaning of gift in organ transplantation / Thomas Hurley
  • Ethics of contact with China on transplants / David Matas
  • pt. 5. Corollaries and history: Gestational surrogacy and live organ donation : a contrast / Thomas L. Cook
  • Organ transplants : a study on bioethics and the ordinary magisterium / Janet E. Smith.

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