William DeLong

Organ Transplantation in Religious, Ethical, and Social Context

No Room for Death

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Enter the world of organ transplantation and develop a new understanding of processes and techniques for working effectively with patients in this increasing medical population. This multidisciplinary overview of organ transplantation contains chapters by major figures in the medical arena, internationally known bioethics writers, and experienced chaplains from the clinical setting of transplantation, as well as respected pastoral theologians. Authors explain transplantation completely for the nonmedical person and delve into the myriad ethical and religious issues and controversies surrounding organ donation and transplantation. Enlightening chapters clarify issues and help readers better understand the transplantation process, making them more effective in their work with transplant patients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781560244707
• ISBN-10: 1560244704
• Artikelnr.: 22295644

Autorenporträt

William R. DeLong

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
* Introduction
* I. Transplantation: A Team Approach
* The Chaplain's Role: A Cardiac Surgeon's View
* Identity, Role, and Task: A Core Perspective on Pastoral Care With
Cardiothoracic Transplantations
* The Heart Transplant Recipient-Coordinator Relationship: Reactions to
the Transplant Process
* The Influence of Psychosocial Factors in the Heart Transplantation
Decision Process
* The Ventricular Assist Device Patient
* Waiting: Pastoral Care to the Cardiac Bridge to Transplant Patient
* II. Ethical Considerations
* Contesting the Boundary Between Life and Death: Organ Transplantation
and the Identity of the Christian Community
* Are There Any Limits to Scarcity?
* Hard at Death's Door
* Organ Donation: A Catholic and Interfaith Perspective on Its Ethical
Warrants and Contemporary Public Policy Concerns
* III. Pastoral and Theological Perspectives
* The Discerning Heart: The Psalms As Pastoral Resource in Ministry to
Potential Organ Recipients and Their Families
* Theological Reflections on Organ Donation and Transplantation
* Organ Transplantation and Tissue Donation: A Theological Look
* Reference Notes Included