Introduction -- 1: Organ transplants: an overview / Arthur Caplan -- 2: U S has failed to establish an effective organ procurement policy / T Randolph Beard, John D Jackson, and David L Kaserman -- 3: Gap between supply and demand for organs must be closed / Economist -- 4: Around the world, innovative programs boost organ donations / Alex Tabarrok -- 5: Registered donors should have priority access to organs for transplant / Katrina A Bramstedt -- 6: Younger patients should have priority access to organs for transplantation / Katie Moisse -- 7: Teens undergoing organ transplants do not fare as well as older patients / Lauran Neergaard -- 8: Illegal organ trafficking is a serious global problem / Jeneen Interlandi -- 9: Living kidney donations may not be safe for donors / R Michael Hofmann -- 10: Criteria for determining donor death should be changed / Robert D Truog and Franklin G Miller -- 11: Brain death is an ethical criterion for organ removal for transplantation / James M Dubois -- 12: Brain death is not an ethical criterion for organ removal for transplant / Paul A Byrne -- 13: Cardiac death is a controversial criterion for organ removal for transplant / Alister Browne -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
Overview: Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports.
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