| Title:
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ORGAN SHORTAGE
ETHICS, LAW AND PRAGMATISM |
| By: |
Professor Anne-Maree Farrell (Editor), David Price (Editor), Muireann Quigley (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£102.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511973535 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511973536 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 March, 2011 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics 13 |
| Description: |
An ethically-principled and pragmatic approach offering solutions to the problem of organ shortage, which remains pervasive in many countries. |
| Synopsis: |
Organ shortage is an ongoing problem in many countries. The needless death and suffering which have resulted necessitate an investigation into potential solutions. This examination of contemporary ethical means, both practical and policy-oriented, of reducing the shortfall in organs draws on the experiences of a range of countries. The authors focus on the resolution and negotiation of ethical conflict, examine systems approaches such as the 'Spanish model' and the US Breakthrough Collaboratives, evaluate policy proposals relating to incentives, presumed consent, and modifications regarding end-of-life care, and evaluate the greatly increased use of (non-heart-beating) donors suffering circulatory death, as well as living donors. The proposed strategies and solutions are not only capable of resolving the UK's own organ-shortage crisis, but also of being implemented in other countries grappling with how to address the growing gap between supply and demand for organs. |
| Illustrations: |
6 b/w illus. 7 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |