Legal and ethical aspects of organ transplantation /

Legal and ethical aspects of organ transplantation / David Price.

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Publisher's description: Organ transplantation raises singularly difficult ethical and legal issues in its requirement for donated organs. Strategies to facilitate supply in the face of increasing demand must be ethically sound and subject to an appropriate and effective regulatory framework. P...

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Main Author: Price, David P. T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] : New York : University of Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Law and legislation.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > legislation & jurisprudence.
Ethics.
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Droit.
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect moral.
Table of Contents:
  • PART I : CADAVERIC ORGAN DONOR TRANSPLANTATION: Introduction to cadaveric organ transplantation
  • Why and when is a potential donor a cadaver?
  • Organ procurement systems
  • Interests in the corpse
  • The maintenance and preservation of the cadaver
  • The treatment of potential donors prior to death
  • PART II : LIVING DONOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: Introduction to living donor organ transplantation
  • The rationale and limits of living donor organ transplantation
  • Informed consent to living organ donation
  • Contentious classes of donors
  • PART III : GENERAL ISSUES: Commerce
  • Recipients.

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