Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society /

Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are pulled back from the brink of death by receiving vital new organs. Another 5,000 die while waiting fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Munson, Ronald, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects.
Medical ethics.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Bioethics.
Organ Transplantation
Ethics, Medical
Tissue Transplantation
Transplantation
Bioethics
Bioethical Issues
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect moral.
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect social.
Éthique médicale.
Greffe (Chirurgie)
Bioéthique.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart
  • Mickey Mantle's liver, part 1: the case
  • Mickey Mantle's liver, part 2: the issues
  • The others may live: the dead-donor rule and anencephalic infants
  • Kidney for sale: is it ever right to sell your kidney?
  • Donors of last resort: protecting vulnerable people
  • Kurosawa in California: the baby Fae case and unproven treatments
  • But are they really dead?: Is no heartbeat enough for death?
  • Xenotransplantation, part 1: chasing the dream
  • Xenotransplantation, part 2: fearing the worst, hoping for the best
  • Grow your own organs: stem-cell engineering and generative medicine.

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