Organ Transplants

by Diane Andrews Henningfeld (Editor)

Overview

This book provides readers with a variety of articles discussing the issues surrounding organ transplants. Essays explore ethical issues related to organ transplantation, global programs that encourage organ donation, issues related to "transplant tourists" and the illicit transplant organ trade, and how brain and cardiac death impact organ harvesting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737755879
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	04/21/2012
Series:	At Issue Series: Health
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Organ Transplants: An Overview Arthur Caplan 11

2 The US Has Failed to Establish an Effective Organ Procurement Policy T. Randolph Beard John D. Jackson David L. Kaserman 18

3 The Gap Between Supply and Demand for Organs Must Be Closed The Economist 29

4 Around the World, Innovative Programs Boost Organ Donations Alex Tabarrok 39

5 Registered Donors Should Have Priority Access to Organs for Transplant Katrina A. Bramstedt 46

6 Younger Patients Should Have Priority Access to Organs for Transplantation Katie Moisse 55

7 Teens Undergoing Organ Transplants Do Not Fare As Well As Older Patients Lauran Neergaard 58

8 Illegal Organ Trafficking Is a Serious Global Problem Jeneen Interlandi 62

9 Living Kidney Donations May Not Be Safe for Donors R. Michael Hofmann 71

10 The Criteria for Determining Donor Death Should Be Changed Robert D. Truog Franklin G. Miller 78

11 Brain Death Is an Ethical Criterion for Organ Removal for Transplantation James M. Dubois 84

12 Brain Death Is Not an Ethical Criterion for Organ Removal for Transplant Paul A. Byrne 92

13 Cardiac Death Is a Controversial Criterion for Organ Removal for Transplant Alister Browne 98

Organizations to Contact 108

Bibliography 112

Index 116

Editorial Reviews

Review: Organ Transplants "Each well-chosen selection raises fascinating questions about the legal and ethical aspects of each issue, inviting teens' empathy with personal histories as well as facts. With up-to-date, relevant resource lists and expertly edited selections, these volumes, like others in the venerable series, are natural choices to support high-school debates and classroom discussion."—Booklist, March 2011

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