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"A woman who decides to donate a kidney to a stranger tells her story, and a bioethicist reviews the history of ethical controversies surrounding organ donation. These different perspectives on kidney donation give the reader a sense of how this medical technology has evolved and how ethics and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gershun, Martha (Autor), Lantos, John D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work.
Temas:
Gershun, Martha.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects.
Organ donors > United States > Biography.
Donneurs d'organes > États-Unis > Biographies.
MEDICAL / Ethics.
Organ donors.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kidney to Share
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Why Not Me?
  • 2 The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors
  • 3 Meeting "My" Recipient
  • 4 Do I Own My Organs?
  • 5 Evaluation at Mayo
  • 6 Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational?
  • 7 What Are the Risks?
  • 8 Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection?
  • 9 The Endgame
  • 10 Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets
  • 11 The Odyssey Continues
  • 12 Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply
  • 13 Going Public, Moving Forward
  • 14 The Countdown Begins
  • 15 Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice
  • 16 Staying Healthy
  • 17 First Attempt
  • 18 Second Attempt
  • 19 Follow-Up
  • 20 Lessons Learned
  • Epilogue
  • Resources
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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