01904nam a2200277Ia 4500 306957 20170612133155.0 110504s2011 dcu b 001 0 eng 2011012791 015967427 Uk 9780813218748 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813218748 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn722841879 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP VKC UKMGB DLC pcc RD120.7 .E83 2011 617.954 E843 23 The ethics of organ transplantation edited by Steven J. Jensen. Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press c2011. xxvii, 339 p. 23 cm. "An ever-increasing demand for organs, with over 100,000 people on waiting lists, has driven a relentless search for new sources of organs. In 1995 the American Medical Association supported taking organs from anencephalic infants, children born without brains. In 1999 the Chinese government began removing organs from members of the politically outcast religious group Falun Gong, making a lucrative profit from sales to foreigners. Recently in Belgium physicians have euthanized a patient by removing her organs.The search for fresh organs began much earlier, in 1968, when death was redefined, so that well-preserved organs could be removed from brain dead individuals. The early 1990s saw the introduction of donation after cardiac death, in which organs are taken from individuals whose hearts could still be resuscitated. Over the last two decades various countries have attempted markets in the sale of organs". --Backcover Includes bibliographical references and index. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Moral and ethical aspects. 284687 Local 134394 Medical ethics Local Jensen, Steven J. 1964- 239688 Local 225271 225271 0 0 ddc 0 617_954000000000000_E843 0 evl 86263 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 24.95 491563 0 617.954 E843 80000002466236 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:306957 z:Presup. 2011-12 6