| Description |
44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v 187 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v 187
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Organ Donation and Transplants: Organ donation in Australia; The Australian Organ Donor Register; Organ donation; About transplants; How to help others after your death; Donation summary fact sheet; Organ scheme needs qualm management; Consent review for organ removals; Greater love hath no man; Live transplants a preferred option; Talking about life and death; Grief reactions associated with organ donation; In the line of buying time; Organ donations lacking guidelines; Religious beliefs and donation; The heart of the matter; Ethical choices and transplant guidelines; Organ donation at the ethical crossroads; Help from living beats consent of the dead; Transplant puts ethics in limelight; Body copy; Cloned cow's kidney offers hope for humans -- Chapter 2. Xenotransplantation: Animal organ transplants: what you need to know; The ethics of xenotransplantation; Frequently asked questions about xenotransplantation; Animal organs cleared for human transplants; Animal transplant research needed; Pig organ transplants move a step closer; Can't go the whole hog just yet; Transplants using animals |
| Summary |
Explores the extent of organ and tissue donation and donor registration in Australia; the Australian Organ Donor Register; patient and family consent; ethical choices and transplant guidelines; and xenotransplantation research and the ethics involved with the use of animal organs and tissues. Ages 12+ |
| Analysis |
Transplantation |
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Medical ethics |
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Statistics |
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Transplant surgery (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, page 43 |
| Audience |
Senior secondary and tertiary students |
| Subject |
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Australia.
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Australia.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Xenografts -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. -- Australia.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical issues
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Xenografts.
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Organ Transplantation.
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| Author |
Healey, Justin.
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| LC no. |
00002428 |
| ISBN |
187681196X : |
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