Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-87) and index.
Contents:
The United States should adopt a policy of presumed consent toward organ donation / Fady Moustarah -- The United States should not adopt a policy of presumed consent toward organ donation / Troy R. Jensen -- A policy of mandated choice would be better than one of presumed consent / Dustin Ballard -- Raising awareness about organ donation is better than presumed consent or mandated choice / Phil H. Berry Jr.-- Compensating people for organ donation could alleviate the organ shortage / Gregory E. Pence -- Compensating people for organ donation is unethical / Stephen G. Post -- Research on cloning would help alleviate the organ shortage / Peter A. Brown -- Using cloned humans for organ transplants would be unethical / Charles Krauthammer -- Patients should be allowed to permit the removal of their organs shortly after death / James M. DuBois -- Vital organs must never be removed from patients before death / John A. Robertson -- Advances in tissue engineering could alleviate the organ shortage / Doug Garr -- Animal-to-human transplants could alleviate the organ shortage / Erica Jonietz -- Artificial organs could obviate many of the ethical dilemmas surrounding organ transplants / Economist.
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