A Test of Morals

Surgical, Ethical, and Psychosocial Considerations in Human Head Transplantation

L. Allen Furr (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2024
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-032-43366-0 (ISBN)

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While transplanting human heads is not a new concept, the idea has largely been relegated to religious lore or as a plot device in science fiction. But now, a surgical plan to perform the complex procedure exists, and though most physicians question head transplantation’s medical veracity, bioethicists have challenged the surgery on moral grounds. A Test of Morals compiles and examines the ethical questions that dog those who advocate for conducting this most radical of medical proposals in order to determine if society should move forward and allow head transplantation to occur. Current bioethical principles stand in opposition to head transplantation, causing a conflict of values rarely seen in medicine.

L. Allen Furr is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Auburn University. He received his PhD from the Louisiana State University. His primary research area is the sociology of health and medicine, and his work has appeared in medical and nursing journals as well as in scholarly publications in sociology. In 2005, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at Punjabi University in India where he often returns to lecture and conduct research.

Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. An Introduction to Transplanting Human Heads. What Might Happen?: The Benefits and Risks of Body-Head Transplantation. The Moral Challenges of the Body-Head Transplantation. Reaching Conclusions: Final Thoughts on Embodiment and Body-Head Transplantation. Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2024
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-032-43366-3 / 1032433663
ISBN-13	978-1-032-43366-0 / 9781032433660
Zustand	Neuware