Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-117) and index.
Contents:
The urgent need for organ donors raises complex ethical questions / President's Council on Bioethics -- Being a kidney donor was a good choice for me / Virginia Postrel -- Compensating the families of organ donors would be effective and ethical / David E. Harrington and Edward A. Sayre -- People who need transplants should be allowed to purchase organs / Sally Satel -- The sale of organs would undermine fundamental values / Francis L. Delmonico -- The organ donation system should be based on quid pro quid / David J. Undis -- Organ donors should be reimbursed for their expenses / Scott Klarenbach, Amit X. Garg, Sorina Vlaicu -- Criteria for defining death for potential organ donors should be more stringent / John B. Shea -- Better oversight of the U.S. transplant system is needed / Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber -- The involuntary harvesting of organs is a crime against humanity / Wang Wenyi -- Condemned prisoners should not be considered as organ donors / UNOS Ethics Committee -- Convicts should not be automatically excluded from receiving transplants / W. Victoria Lee -- Animal-to-human transplants carry the risk of spreading diseases / Luis Fabregas.
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