Screen LibraryOrgan shortage：ethics, law, and pragmatism
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics |
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| Carrier Form: | xxv, 301 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521198998 (hc.) 0521198992 |
| Index Number: | R617 |
| CLC: | R617-05 |
| Call Number: | R617-05/O681 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-293) and index. A principled and pragmatic approach to organ shortage / Anne-Maree Farrell, David Price and Muireann Quigley -- Does ethical controversy cost lives? / Margaret Brazier and John Harris -- Organ donation and transplantation: meeting the needs of a multi-ethnic and multi-faith UK population / Gurch Randhawa -- Educating the public to encourage organ donation? / Mairi Levitt -- Bereavement, decision-making and the family in organ donation / Magi Sque and Tracy Long-Sutehall -- Incentivising organ donation / Muireann Quigley -- Making the margins mainstream: strategies to maximise the donor pool "Organ shortage is an ongoing problem in many countries. The needless death and suffering which have resulted necessitate an investigation into potential solutions. This examination of contemporary ethical means, both practical and policy-oriented, of reducing the shortfall in organs draws on the experiences of a range of countries. The authors focus on the resolution and negotiation of ethical conflict, examine systems approaches such as the 'Spanish model' and the US Breakthrough Collaboratives, evaluate policy proposals relating to incentives, presumed consent, and modifications regarding |