TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jensen,Steven J.
TI  - The ethics of organ transplantation
SN  - 9780813218748 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - RD120.7 .E83 2011
U1  - 617.954 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Catholic University of America Press
KW  - Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Local
KW  - Medical ethics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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
ER  -