| Description |
1 online resource (x, 210 pages) |
| Series |
The culture and politics of health care work |
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Culture and politics of health care work.
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| Contents |
Kidney to Share -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Why Not Me? -- 2 The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors -- 3 Meeting "My" Recipient -- 4 Do I Own My Organs? -- 5 Evaluation at Mayo -- 6 Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational? -- 7 What Are the Risks? -- 8 Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection? -- 9 The Endgame -- 10 Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets -- 11 The Odyssey Continues -- 12 Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply -- 13 Going Public, Moving Forward -- 14 The Countdown Begins -- 15 Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice |
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16 Staying Healthy -- 17 First Attempt -- 18 Second Attempt -- 19 Follow-Up -- 20 Lessons Learned -- Epilogue -- Resources -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
"A woman who decides to donate a kidney to a stranger tells her story, and a bioethicist reviews the history of ethical controversies surrounding organ donation. These different perspectives on kidney donation give the reader a sense of how this medical technology has evolved and how ethics and the law have changed to make organ donation possible"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
living organ donation, kidney transplant, how to become a living organ donor, ethics of living organ donation, altruism and organ donation, organ transplantation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2021) |
| Subject |
Gershun, Martha.
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| SUBJECT |
Gershun, Martha
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| Subject |
Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Organ donors -- United States -- Biography
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MEDICAL / Ethics.
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
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Organ donors
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lantos, John D., author.
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| LC no. |
2020056164 |
| ISBN |
9781501755446 |
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1501755447 |
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9781501755453 |
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1501755455 |
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