Organ Transplants

by Hunnicutt, Susan C.

• ISBN13: 9780737736915
• ISBN10: 0737736917
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-28
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
The Urgent Need for Donor Organs Raises Complex Ethical Questions	p. 11
Being a Kidney Donor Was a Good Choice for Me	p. 25
Compensating the Families of Organ Donors Would Be Effective and Ethical	p. 33
People Who Need Transplants Should Be Allowed to Purchase Organs	p. 37
The Sale of Organs Would Undermine Fundamental Values	p. 50
The Organ Donation System Should Be Based on Quid Pro Quo	p. 55
Organ Donors Should Be Reimbursed for Their Expenses	p. 62
Criteria for Defining Death for Potential Organ Donors Should Be More Stringent	p. 68
Better Oversight of the U.S. Transplant System Is Needed	p. 76
The Involuntary Harvesting of Organs Is a Crime Against Humanity	p. 90
Condemned Prisoners Should Not Be Considered as Organ Donors	p. 97
Convicts Should Not Be Automatically Excluded from Receiving Transplants	p. 101
Animal-to-Human Transplants Carry the Risk of Spreading Diseases	p. 105
Organizations to Contact	p. 108
Bibliography	p. 112
Index	p. 118
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