Ronald Munson

Raising the Dead

Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ronald Munson plunges us into the tense and tangled world of organ transplantation. Using vivid, often gut-wrenching cases as points of departure, Munson shows us how transplants are performed, decisions are made, and ethical and social issues arise. Fast-paced and readable, the science and medicine lucidly explained, this book forces us to confront the human and moral dimensions of using donor organs to save lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780195178012
• ISBN-10: 0195178017
• Artikelnr.: 24293108

Autorenporträt

Ronald Munson is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Medicine, University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the author of Intervention and Reflection, the most widely used medical ethics textbook in the US, and of three novels.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: A Modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart
* 2: Mickey Mantle's liver: Part I - the case
* 3: Mickey Mantle's liver: Part II - the issues
* 4: That others may live: the dead donor rule and anencephalic infants
* 5: Kidney for sale: is it ever right to sell your kidney?
* 6: Donors of last resort: protecting vulnerable people
* 7: Kurosawa in California: The baby Fae case and unproven treatments
* 8: But are they really dead? Is no heartbeat enough for death?
* 9: Xenotransplantation: Part I - chasing the dream
* 10: Xenotransplantation: Part II - fearing the worst, hoping for the
best
* 11: Grow your own organs: stem-cell engineering and regenerative
medicine