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Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation

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This collection features comprehensive overviews of the various ethical challenges in organ transplantation. It covers core issues in the global ethical debate such as donating, procuring, allocati...
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This collection features comprehensive overviews of the various ethical challenges in organ transplantation. International readings well-grounded in the latest developments in the life sciences are organized into systematic sections and engage with one another, offering complementary views. All core issues in the global ethical debate are covered: donating and procuring organs, allocating and receiving organs, as well as considering alternatives. Due to its systematic structure, the volume provides an excellent orientation for researchers, students, and practitioners alike to enable a deeper understanding of some of the most controversial issues in modern medicine.
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Price: $45.00
Pages: 358
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date: 27 October 2021
Trim Size: 9.45 X 6.10 in
ISBN: 9783837646436
Format: Paperback
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MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / General
»The book effectively guides its readers through various topics, issues, theoretical perspectives, and methodological orientations dominating the organtransplantation debate. As highlighted by the editors,it not only provides an encompassing overview but also emphasizes forms of discomfort and criticism.The book is therefore recommended not only for scientific but also for teaching purposes and can servea multidisciplinary student audience. Moreover, the book can benefit physicians, policymakers, and other professionals.«

Solveig Lena Hansen, born in 1984, is a lecturer for ethics at the University of Bremen, Faculty 11 (Human and Health Sciences). Previously, she was a research associate at the University Medical Center Göttingen. After an MA in Comparative Literature, she did her PhD in Bioethics at the University of Göttingen in 2016. Her ethical research focusses on organ transplantation, health communication, and obesity. She also specializes in the field of medical/health humanities, analyzing the negotiation of bioethical issues in literature and film.
Silke Schicktanz, born in 1970, is full-professor at the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany. Her research focuses on the cultural and ethical study of biomedicine. She has lead many international cooperations and was visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Tel Aviv University, JNU Delhi, Montreal Université and University of Lancaster.

Frontmatter 1
Inhalt 5
List of Abbreviations 9
Exploring the Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation 11
1. Making Sense of Donation 23
2. Defining Consent 43
3. Nudging in Donation Policies 65
4. Appealing to Trust in Donation Contexts 81
5. Determining Brain Death 103
6. Defining Death in Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death 117
7. Deciding about Living Organ Donation 133
8. Unspecified Living Organ Donation 151
9. Allocating Organs 169
10. Allocating Organs 187
11. Selling Organs 209
12. Selecting Donors and Recipients 227
13. Living with a Transplant 247
14. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Gift-Giving in Transplantation Narratives 265
15. Transplanting the Uterus 281
16. Researching Xenotransplantation 305
17. Envisioning 3D Bioprinting 317
18. Considering the Role of Public Health 335
Contributors 349