Ethics and the acquisition of organs / T.M. Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, T. M., 1968- author.

Series:

Issues in biomedical ethics.

Issues in biomedical ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.

Organ donors--Legal status, laws, etc.

Organ donors.

Tissue and Organ Procurement--ethics.

Tissue Donors--ethics.

Medical Subjects:

Tissue and Organ Procurement--ethics.

Tissue Donors--ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 209 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Transplantation is a medically successful and cost-effective way to treat people whose organs have failed - but not enough organs are available to meet demand. Wilkinson explores the ethical problems raised by policies for acquiring organs. Key topics include the rights of the dead, the role of the family, and the sale of organs.

Contents:

1. Introduction : The shortage of organs ; Why are organs scarce and is a shortage unavoidable? ; Plan of the book

2. Transplantation and rights over our bodies : Moral rights ; Bodily integrity ; Personal sovereignty ; Conflicts with personal sovereignty ; Personal sovereignty and informed consent ; Self-ownership and property rights ; Criticism of rights

Conclusion

3. The possibility of posthumous harm : Intuitions about posthumous harm ; The experience requirement and theories of well-being ; The problem of the subject and the ante-mortem person ; Backwards causation ; When does posthumous harm occur? ; The importance of posthumous harms ; Organ retrieval and the interests of the dead

4. The moral claims of the dead : Personal sovereignty and posthumous rights ; Other foundations for posthumous bodily control ; Objections and replies ; Next steps

5. The dead and their families : Family decision and the individual's wishes ; The claims of the family ; The family veto ; Conclusion

6. Consent and uncertainty about the wishes of the dead : Uncertainty and the claims of the dead ; Opt out, presumed consent, and the current debates ; Requests to the family and the ethics of framing ; Conclusion

7. Conscription : Conscription from the living ; Conscription from the dead ; Conscription from young children ; Conclusion

8. Living donor organ transplantation : Well-being and the duty to do no harm ; Living donation and personal sovereignty ; Personal sovereignty versus well-being ; The role of the transplant team ; Children as organ donors ; Incompetent donors ; Conclusion

9. Impartiality, acquisition, and allocation : Donation and impartiality, transplantation's self-image ; Partiality and impartiality ; Impartial principles and levelling down ; Formal justice ; Meeting needs and fairness ; The effects of conditional allocation and their evaluation ; Priority for donors ; Conclusion

10. Organs and money : Money and organs: some options ; Sales and supply ; Buying organs from the dead ; Arguments by analogy ; Personal sovereignty and a right to sell ; Well-being in the long run ; Exploitation and injustice ; Injustice and improvement ; Organ sales and the value of the gift ; Commodification ; Putting it all together.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-173174-9

0-19-960786-9