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Title:

The ethics of organ transplantation / edited by Steven J. Jensen.

Publisher:

Catholic University of America Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxvii, 339 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Organ Transplantation--ethics.

Other Authors:

Jensen, Steven J., 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. Brain death. Premium non nocere: a contrarian ethic? / Robert E. Hurley -- Controversies surrounding brain death / D. Alan Shewmon -- Ontological status of whole-brain-dead individuals / Jason T. Eberl -- Consciousness and aesthetics in decisions concerning organ donation using anencephalic neonates / A.A. Howsepian -- pt. 2. Donation after cardiac arrest. Organ donation following cardiac death: conflicts of interest, ante mortem interventions, and determinations of death / Christopher Kaczor -- Ethical concerns with rapid organ recovery ambulances / L.M. Whetstine -- pt. 3. The dead donor rule. Allow the dying to donate: replace the dead donor rule / Thomas I. Cochrane -- A Catholic view on the dead donor rule / Witold Kania -- Killing and letting die / Steven J. Jensen -- pt. 4. Gift or conscription? Organ donation and the beatific vision: Thomist moral theology confronts the tide of relativism / Romanus Cessario, O.P. -- The meaning of gift in organ transplantation / Thomas Hurley -- Ethics of contact with China on transplants / David Matas -- pt. 5. Corollaries and history. Gestational surrogacy and live organ donation: a contrast / Thomas L. Cook -- Organ transplants: a study on bioethics and the ordinary magisterium / Janet E. Smith.

Summary:

"An ever-increasing demand for organs, with over 100,000 people on waiting lists, has driven a relentless search for new sources of organs. In 1995 the American Medical Association supported taking organs from anencephalic infants, children born without brains. In 1999 the Chinese government began removing organs from members of the politically outcast religious group Falun Gong, making a lucrative profit from sales to foreigners. Recently in Belgium physicians have euthanized a patient by removing her organs. The search for fresh organs began much earlier, in 1968, when death was redefined, so that well-preserved organs could be removed from brain dead individuals. The early 1990s saw the introduction of donation after cardiac death, in which organs are taken from individuals whose hearts could still be resuscitated. Over the last two decades various countries have attempted markets in the sale of organs". --Backcover

ISBN:

0813218748 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813218748 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011012791

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)