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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jensen, Steven J., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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 1990's 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

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Primum Non Nocere A Contrarian Ethic?""; ""2. Controversies surrounding Brain Death""; ""3. Ontological Status of Whole-Brain-Dead Individuals""; ""4. Consciousness and Aesthetics in Decisions concerning Organ Donation Using Anencephalic Neonates""; ""5. Organ Donation following Cardiac Death: Conflicts of Interest, Ante Mortem Interventions, and Determinations of Death""; ""6. Ethical Concerns with Rapid Organ Recovery Ambulances""; ""7. Allow the Dying to Donate: Replace the Dead Donor Rule""

""8. A Catholic View on the Dead Donor Rule""""9. Killing and Letting Die""; ""10. Organ Donation and the Beatific Vision: Thomist Moral Theology Confronts the Tide of Relativism""; ""11. The Meaning of Gift in Organ Transplantation""; ""12. Ethics of Contact with Chinaon Transplants""; ""13. Gestational Surrogacy and Live Organ Donation: A Contrast""; ""14. Organ Transplants: A Study on Bioethics and the Ordinary Magisterium""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8132-1933-7

OCLC:

861793418