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Zusatztext Munson provides a useful review of where we've been and what lies ahead... He does a service in raising the issues and pointing to the needs of an ageing society in which health care is anything but equitable. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Using cases as points of departure, Munson shows how transplants are performed, decisions are made, and ethical and social issues arise. This book forces confrontation of the human and moral dimensions of using donor organs to save lives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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
Über den Autor / die Autorin
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.
