Organ shortage : ethics, law, and pragmatism / [edited by] Anne-Maree Farrell, David Price and Muireann Quigley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farrell, Anne-Maree, 1964- editor.

Price, David P. T., editor.

Quigley, Muireann, editor.

Series:

Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ; 13.

Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organ donors--Supply and demand.

Organ donors.

Supply and demand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 301 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Organ shortage is an ongoing problem in many countries. The needless death and suffering which have resulted necessitate an investigation into potential solutions. This examination of contemporary ethical means, both practical and policy-oriented, of reducing the shortfall in organs draws on the experiences of a range of countries. The authors focus on the resolution and negotiation of ethical conflict, examine systems approaches such as the 'Spanish model' and the US Breakthrough Collaboratives, evaluate policy proposals relating to incentives, presumed consent, and modifications regarding end-of-life care, and evaluate the greatly increased use of (non-heart-beating) donors suffering circulatory death, as well as living donors. The proposed strategies and solutions are not only capable of resolving the UK's own organ-shortage crisis, but also of being implemented in other countries grappling with how to address the growing gap between supply and demand for organs.

Contents:

Pt. I. Setting the scene

A principled and pragmatic approach to organ shortage / Anne-Maree Farrell, David Price and Muireann Quigley

Does ethical controversy cost lives? / Margaret Brazier and John Harris

Pt. II. Current issues affecting organ shortage

Organ donation and transplantation : meeting the needs of a multi-ethnic and multi-faith UK population / Gurch Randhawa

Educating the public to encourage organ donation? / Mairi Levitt

Bereavement, decision-making and the family in organ donation / Magi Sque and Tracy Long-Sutehall

Pt. III. Strategies for addressing organ shortage

Incentivising organ donation / Muireann Quigley

Making the margins mainstream : strategies to maximise the donor pool / Antonia Cronin

The allocation of organs : the need for fairness and transparency / Phil Dyer and Sheelagh McGuinness

Ante-mortem issues affecting deceased donation : an ethico-legal perspective / John Coggon and Paul Murphy

Pt. IV. Comparative perspectives

Institutional organisation and transplanting the 'Spanish model' / Monica Navarro-Michel

Kidney donation : lessons from the Nordic countries / Salla Lötjönen and Nils H. Persson

Organ donation and transplantation : the Canadian experience / Linda Wright and Diego S. Silva

Systematic increases in organ donation : the United States experience / Alexandra K. Glazier

Pt. V. Current reform and future challenges

Negotiating change : organ donation in the United Kingdom / Bobbie Farsides

Addressing organ shortage in the European Union : getting the balance right / Anne-Maree Farrell

Promoting organ donation : challenges for the future / David Price.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511973536

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