Organ Donation

by Egendorf, Laura K.

• ISBN13: 9780737742213
• ISBN10: 0737742216
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-30
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

Those Who Do Not Know Their Opponent's Arguments Do Not Completely Understand Their Own.

Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?	p. 11
Introduction	p. 14
What Factors Impact Organ Donors and Recipients?
Chapter Preface	p. 19
Organ Donation: An Overview U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	p. 21
Organs Are Not Allocated Properly President's Council on Bioethics	p. 29
Demographics Can Impact Organ Donation	p. 35
The Organ Transplant Process Is Biased Against the Disabled Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations	p. 45
Religious Beliefs Can Impact Organ Donation	p. 50
Periodical Bibliography	p. 57
How Can Organ Donation Be Increased?
Chapter Preface	p. 59
Allowing the Sale of Organs Will Increase the Number of Donations	p. 61
Allowing the Sale of Organs Could Cause Serious Problems	p. 68
Paired Donations Will Increase the Organ Supply	p. 78
Paired and List Donations Are the Wrong Way to Increase the Organ Supply	p. 88
Periodical Bibliography	p. 96
What Are the Ethical Issues Surrounding Organ Donation?
Chapter Preface	p. 98
A Variety of Ethical Issues Surround Organ Donation	p. 100
Declaration of Cardiac Death Is an Ethical Reason for Organ Donation	p. 109
Declaration of Cardiac Death Is Not an Adequate Reason for Organ Donations	p. 118
Prisoners Should Be Permitted to Donate Organs	p. 123
Allowing Prisoners to Donate Organs Is Unethical	p. 132
Children Should Not Be Organ Donors	p. 139
Periodical Bibliography	p. 149
What Is the Future of Organ Donation?
Chapter Preface	p. 151
Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Can Be Successful	p. 153
Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Are a Failure People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals UK	p. 159
Replacement Organs Can Be Grown The Economist	p. 166
HIV-Positive Organs Can Be Transplanted into HIV-Positive Patients	p. 170
The Internet and Transplant Tourism Are Questionable Sources for Organs	p. 175
Periodical Bibliography	p. 186
For Further Discussion	p. 187
Organizations to Contact	p. 189
Bibliography of Books	p. 194
Index	p. 197
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