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Author:

Richards, Janet Radcliffe.

Title:

The ethics of transplants : why careless thought costs lives / Janet Radcliffe Richards.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

x, 278 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (268-274) and index.

Contents:

Procurement from the living -- Methodological morals -- Procurement from the dead -- Penumbral problems.

Summary:

Argues that although people have strong feelings about their own organs, the deepest problems may not lie in a simple unwillingness to make them available, but in legal and institutional restrictions on the choices they are allowed to make. Through a series of arguments the author concludes that these restrictions are not justified by our normal moral standards, and are not even a response to popular demand, but lie in deep preconceptions of the people who make the rules. Careless moral reasoning, like careless medical practice, really can cost lives.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

019957555X (alk. paper)
9780199575558 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)755699414

LCCN:

2011277608

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)