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Scarce goods : justice, fairness, and organ transplantation / Tom Koch.

Van Pelt Library RD120.7 .K63 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Koch, Tom, 1949-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Social aspects--United States.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Law and legislation--United States.
Social justice--United States.
Social justice.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Law and legislation.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Social aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:
xvii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Contents:
1 Lifeboat Ethics and the Case of the William Brown 1
Health Care 5
The William Brown 8
The Gulf Stream 10
A Constructed Tale 15
The Trial 17
Lifeboat Ethics Redux 18
The Titantic 19
2 The Scales of Justice: Principles and Practice 23
Distributive Justice 25
Scarcity 28
Justice Rationales 32
Critiques 41
Transplantation 44
A Geographical Approach 45
3 Scarce Goods: The Contexts of Solid Organ Transplantation 49
Transplantation: The Early Years 50
Cyclosporine: Transforming Scarcity 52
A National System 54
National Organ Transplant Act 57
Regionalization 61
An Example 64
4 The Scale of Justice: Theories and Realities 73
Perspective and Scale 75
Global/International Scales 78
Hemispheric Perspective 85
Justice and Scale 92
5 Disappearing States: The Scale of the Nation 95
Regional Inequalities 99
Centers of Excellence 107
Distant Cities 109
Redistricting 113
Travel Time (Distance) 115
6 The Scale of the City: Distant Communities and the Problem of Supply 125
Rural versus Urban Care 126
OPO Performance 128
Demographics and Membership 131
Poverty and Race 140
A Sense of the Game 145
Application: Southern California 146
7 The Lifeboat's Choice 151
Lifeboat Seats 153
Results 157
Q-Analysis 166
8 Justice in Ethic's Lifeboat 175
Dimensionality 177
Participation 180
Philosophical Concerns 183
Reasons and Persons 189
The Scarcities We Create 191
Holmes' Legacy 195
Abundance and Scarcity 196.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-239) and index.
ISBN:
0275974324
0275974332
OCLC:
47716348

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