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The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition - Moral Arguments about Transplantation (Hardcover)
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The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition - Moral Arguments about Transplantation (Hardcover)
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As the demand for organs continues to outstrip availability and
waiting lists surge, the pressure to make morally questionable,
unethical decisions becomes more likely and trust in transplant
medicine starts to erode. Medical ethics expert and former health
professional, Trevor Stammers, analyses the complex ethical web
that constitutes the worldwide exchange of organs and tissues. Key
philosophical questions concerning existence, consciousness, the
nature of death and the right to life connect organ donation and
transplantation to real-life case studies exploring difficulties
with the 'dead donor rule' for deceased donation, organ donation
euthanasia, xenotransplantation and the creation of organoids and
'organs-on-chips', alongside examples of human trafficking and
systematic state murder to provide organs. Controversial cases from
Japan, Germany, USA and Singapore are examined alongside the
Spanish, Welsh, and Chilean experience of deceased donation opt-out
schemes to highlight the variety of threats and challenges to
public trust in transplant medicine. Charting these examples
provides valuable material for debates and discussions in the
philosophy of medicine and medical ethics more generally. Stammers
suggests viable alternatives to current ethical failings by
focusing on the moral arguments that define public trust, moving
the debate on transplant ethics in vital new directions.
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