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The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition - Trevor Stammers

The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition

Moral Arguments about Transplantation

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-22718-7 (ISBN)
CHF 38,35 inkl. MwSt
As the demand for organs continues to outstrip availability and waiting lists surge, the pressure to make morally questionable, unethical decisions becomes more likely and trust in transplant medicine starts to erode. Medical ethics expert and former health professional, Trevor Stammers, analyses the complex ethical web that constitutes the worldwide exchange of organs and tissues.

Key philosophical questions concerning existence, consciousness, the nature of death and the right to life connect organ donation and transplantation to real-life case studies exploring difficulties with the 'dead donor rule' for deceased donation, organ donation euthanasia, xenotransplantation and the creation of organoids and 'organs-on-chips', alongside examples of human trafficking and systematic state murder to provide organs. Controversial cases from Japan, Germany, USA and Singapore are examined alongside the Spanish, Welsh, and Chilean experience of deceased donation opt-out schemes to highlight the variety of threats and challenges to public trust in transplant medicine.

Charting these examples provides valuable material for debates and discussions in the philosophy of medicine and medical ethics more generally. Stammers suggests viable alternatives to current ethical failings by focusing on the moral arguments that define public trust, moving the debate on transplant ethics in vital new directions.

Trevor Stammers is former Associate Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies at St Mary’s University, UK. He previously worked as a clinician for over 30 years.

Preface
Dictionary of Abbreviations

1. The Triumph of Transplantation
2. Organs from Living Donors
3. Organs from the Dead
4. Organ Donation and Euthanasia
5. Organ Trafficking, Tourism and Trading
6. Organs from Animals and Bioengineering
7. Ethical Global Organ Acquisition

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
ISBN-10 1-350-22718-8 / 1350227188
ISBN-13 978-1-350-22718-7 / 9781350227187
Zustand Neuware
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