Ethical challenges of organ transplantation : : : current debates and international perspectives / / Solveig Lena Hansen, Silke Schicktanz (editors).

• Superior document: Bioethik-Medizinethik ; Volume 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Hansen, Solveig Lena,; Schicktanz, Silke,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : Transcript,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Bioethik, Medizinethik ; Volume 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (359 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Inhalt -- List of Abbreviations -- Exploring the Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation Ongoing Debates and Emerging Topics -- I. DONATION OF ORGANS AND TISSUE -- 1. Making Sense of Donation Altruism, Duty, and Incentives -- 2. Defining Consent Autonomy and the Role of the Family -- 3. Nudging in Donation Policies Registration and Decision-Making -- 4. Appealing to Trust in Donation Contexts Expectations and Commitments -- II. HUMAN ORGAN SOURCES -- 5. Determining Brain Death Controversies and Pragmatic Solutions -- 6. Defining Death in Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death Medical Controversies -- 7. Deciding about Living Organ Donation Balancing Risk Management and Autonomy -- 8. Unspecified Living Organ Donation A Challenge to the Duty to 'First Do No Harm' -- III. ORGAN ALLOCATION AND TRANSPLANTATION SYSTEMS -- 9. Allocating Organs Fairness, Transparency, and Responsibility -- 10. Allocating Organs Altruism and Reciprocity -- 11. Selling Organs Dignity as a Further Concern -- 12. Selecting Donors and Recipients The Role of Old Age -- IV. ORGAN RECIPIENTS -- 13. Living with a Transplant Identity and a Good Life1 -- 14. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Gift-Giving in Transplantation Narratives Epistemic Authorities -- 15. Transplanting the Uterus A Reproductive Justice Perspective -- V. ALTERNATIVES -- 16. Researching Xenotransplantation Moral Rights of Animals -- 17. Envisioning 3D Bioprinting Scenarios of Organs 'on Demand' -- 18. Considering the Role of Public Health Organ Shortage, Global Justice, and the Paradox of Prevention -- Contributors.