"A woman who decides to donate a kidney to a stranger tells her story, and a bioethicist reviews the history of ethical controversies surrounding organ donation. These different perspectives on kidney donation give the reader a sense of how this medical technology has evolved and how ethics and the law have changed to make organ donation possible"--
"A woman who decides to donate a kidney to a stranger tells her story, and a bioethicist reviews the history of ethical controversies surrounding organ donation. These different perspectives on kidney donation give the reader a sense of how this medical technology has evolved and how ethics and the law have changed to make organ donation possible"--
Martha Gershun is the former Executive Director of Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). She is author of Care & Custody, and her work has appeared in The Kansas City Star, The New York Times Magazine , Kveller, and The Radcliffe Quarterly. Follow her on X @mgershun. John D. Lantos, MD, is Director of the Bioethics Center at Children's Mercy Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. His books include Do We Still Need Doctors, Neonatal Bioethics, and Controversial Bodies. He is Associate Editor of American Journal of Bioethics, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, and Current Problems in Pediatrics and Adolescent Health Care. Follow him on X @johnlantos.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Why Not Me? 2. The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors 3. Meeting "My" Recipient 4. Do I Own My Organs? 5. Evaluation at Mayo 6. Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational? 7. What Are the Risks? 8. Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection? 9. The Endgame 10. Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets 11. The Odyssey Continues 12. Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply 13. Going Public, Moving Forward 14. The Countdown Begins 15. Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice 16. Staying Healthy 17. First Attempt 18. Second Attempt 19. Follow-Up 20. Lessons Learned Epilogue
Introduction 1. Why Not Me? 2. The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors 3. Meeting "My" Recipient 4. Do I Own My Organs? 5. Evaluation at Mayo 6. Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational? 7. What Are the Risks? 8. Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection? 9. The Endgame 10. Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets 11. The Odyssey Continues 12. Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply 13. Going Public, Moving Forward 14. The Countdown Begins 15. Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice 16. Staying Healthy 17. First Attempt 18. Second Attempt 19. Follow-Up 20. Lessons Learned Epilogue
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