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Informationen zum Autor David Petechuk is the author of The Respiratory System in Greenwood Press's Human Body Systems series, and the editor of the quarterly newsletter of the Thomas A. Starzl Transplantation Institute. Klappentext Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. Websites and weblogs provide information from activists and partisans intent on presenting their side of a story. But where can students - or even ordinary citizens - go to obtain unbiased, detailed background on the medical issues affecting their daily lives? This volume in the Health and Medical Issues Today series provides readers and researchers a balanced, in-depth introduction to the medical, scientific, legal, and cultural issues surrounding organ tranplants and its import in today's world of healthcare. Zusammenfassung Every day! newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances! but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. This book provides an overview of the most controversial areas of healthcare. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Preface Introduction Section One Overview 1 A Brief History of Transplantation 2 Organ Procurement: Supply and Demand 3 Organ Allocation: Establishing a Fair System 4 Advances and the Future of Transplantation Section Two Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation 5 Buying and Selling Organs for Donation 6 Organ Allocation: Who Should Get an Organ? 7 Xenotransplantation: Animal Use and Infectious Disease 8 Living Donors: Giving until It Hurts? 9 Stem Cell Transplantation and Research: A Question of Life? 10 Face Transplants: Some Ethical Considerations Section Three References and Resources A Annotated Primary Source Documents B Timeline for Transplantation Issues C Glossary D Further Reading Index ...
