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Title:

Organ transplantation : meanings and realities / edited by Stuart J. Youngner, Renée C. Fox, and Laurence J. O'Connell.

Publisher:

University of Wisconsin Press,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

vii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Social aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Psychological aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Religious aspects.
Tissue Transplantation--psychology.
Ethics, Medical.
Religion and medicine.
Sociology.
Transplantation--Organs (Body)--Transplantation

Other Authors:

Youngner, Stuart J.
Fox, Renée C. (Renée Claire), 1928-
O'Connell, Laurence J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Renée C. Fox, Laurence J. O'Connell, and Stuart J. Youngner -- The realities of organ transplantation / Laurence J. O'Connell -- Some must die / Stuart J. Youngner -- Why organ transplant programs do not succeed / Leslie A. Fiedler -- Fearful symmetry : corpses for anatomy, organs for transplantation? / Ruth Richardson -- Organ vendors, families, and the gift of life / Thomas H. Murray -- Organ donation and transplantation : a surgeon's view / Barry D. Kahan -- Deadly disputes : ideologies and brain death in Japan / Margaret Lock -- Choosing life : aspects of Judaism affecting organ transplantation / Elliot N. Dorff -- Transplanting myths of organ transplants / Wendy Doniger -- Cosmas and Damian : of medicine, miracles, and the economies of the body / Leonard Barkan -- Afterthoughts : continuing reflections on organ transplantation / Renée C. Fox.

ISBN:

9780299149642 (pbk. alk. paper)
0299149641 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780299149604 (alk. paper)
0299149609 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)33246086
(OCoLC)35043712

LCCN:

95029995

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)