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Book Synopsis"Ethics of Organ Transplantation".
Table of ContentsEDITORIAL BOARD. List of Contributors. Dedication. Preface. Organ donation and transplantation: a brief history of technological and ethical developments. Do we all have a responsibility to donate our organs?. Should we adopt a market strategy to organ donation?. Ethical issues in living related donors. Who should receive donor organs?. The ethics of organ retrieval. Ethical issues in non-heartbeating cadaver donors. The ethics of xenotransplantation. Public policy making in organ transplantation. An international perspective toward human organ donation and transplantation. The religious and spiritual perspective toward human organ donation and transplantation. The role and responsibility of the media in relation to organ donation and transplantation. Women, minorities and organ donation in transplantation. Organ transplantation issues in minors.
