The Living Organ Donor As Patient : Theory and Practice.

When Joseph Murray performed the first successful living kidney donor transplant in 1954, he thought this would be a temporary stopgap. Today, we are no closer to the goal of adequate organ supply without living donors--if anything, the supply-demand ratio is worse. While most research on the ethics...

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Main Author:	Ross, Lainie Friedman
Other Authors:	Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Jr
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
Subjects:	Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects. Living related donor transplantation > Moral and ethical aspects. Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect moral. Ethics. MEDICAL. Transplant. Surgery. Philosophy & Social Aspects. SCIENCE. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects Electronic books.
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Summary:	When Joseph Murray performed the first successful living kidney donor transplant in 1954, he thought this would be a temporary stopgap. Today, we are no closer to the goal of adequate organ supply without living donors--if anything, the supply-demand ratio is worse. While most research on the ethics of organ transplantation focuses on how to allocate organs as a scarce medical resource, the ethical treatment of organ donors themselves has been relatively neglected. In The Living Organ Donor as Patient: Theory and Practice, Lainie Friedman Ross and J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Jr. argue for treat.
Item Description:	Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (409 p.)
ISBN:	9780197618219 0197618219