Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation : : Current Debates and International Perspectives / / ed. by Silke Schicktanz, Solveig Lena Hansen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Alpınar-Şencan, Zümrüt,; Ave, Anne Dalle,; Beier, Katharina,; Bernat, James,; Birnbacher, Dieter,; Boas, Hagai,; Burnham-Stevens, Charlotte,; Davidovitch, Nadav,; Delgado, Janet,; Draper, Heather,; Hansen, Solveig Lena,; Hoeyer, Klaus,; Holm, Søren,; Jensen, Anja M.B.,; MacKay, Douglas,; Martin, Dominique E.,; Mitra, Sayani,; Molina Pérez, Alberto,; Moorlock, Greg,; Rodriguez-Arias, David,; Saylor, Katherine,; Schicktanz, Silke,; Schweda, Mark,; Shaw, David,; Shaw, Rhonda,; Sykora, Peter,; Vermeulen, Niki,; Višak, Tatjana,; Wöhlke, Sabine,; Yudell, Michael,; Łuków, Paweł,
• HerausgeberIn: Hansen, Solveig Lena,; Schicktanz, Silke,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Bioethik / Medizinethik ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Inhalt --; List of Abbreviations --; Exploring the Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation --; I. DONATION OF ORGANS AND TISSUE --; 1. Making Sense of Donation --; 2. Defining Consent --; 3. Nudging in Donation Policies --; 4. Appealing to Trust in Donation Contexts --; II. HUMAN ORGAN SOURCES --; 5. Determining Brain Death --; 6. Defining Death in Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death --; 7. Deciding about Living Organ Donation --; 8. Unspecified Living Organ Donation --; III. ORGAN ALLOCATION AND TRANSPLANTATION SYSTEMS --; 9. Allocating Organs --; 10. Allocating Organs --; 11. Selling Organs --; 12. Selecting Donors and Recipients --; IV. ORGAN RECIPIENTS --; 13. Living with a Transplant --; 14. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Gift-Giving in Transplantation Narratives --; 15. Transplanting the Uterus --; V. ALTERNATIVES --; 16. Researching Xenotransplantation --; 17. Envisioning 3D Bioprinting --; 18. Considering the Role of Public Health --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839446430; 9783110743357; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754155; 9783110753929; 9783111025100; 9783110767315
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839446430?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Silke Schicktanz, Solveig Lena Hansen.

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.