Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce - First Joint Meeting of ESOT and EDTA/ERA Munich December 1990

Leading medical ethicists, theologists, lawyers, transplant
surgeons and physicians discuss 5 major ethical topics
concerning the transplantation of human organs.

List of contents

I. Introduction.- II. Living Organ Donation in Western Countries.- III. The Intra- and Inter-Cultural Commerce in Human Organs and Tissues.- IV. The Dilemma of Post Mortem Organ Donation: Are There Any Donation-Facilitating Factors Which are Potentially Suppressed on the Basis of Ethical or Legal Considerations?.- V. Allocation Issues in Organ Transplantation and Dialysis.- VI. New Frontiers in Organ Replacement Therapy.- VII. Congress Resolutions.- Accepted Resolutions.- Recommendations.- VIII. Index.

Product details

• Assisted by: B Dossetor (Editor), B Dossetor (Editor), John B. Dossetor (Editor), Walte Land (Editor), Walter Land (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2012
• EAN: 9783642764462
• ISBN: 978-3-642-76446-2
• No. of pages: 578
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 34 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 907 g
• Illustrations: XXIII, 578 p.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous