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Organ transplants already raise difficult questions about how scarce organs should be allocated. Artificial organ technology promises to save more lives than ever, but it also raises concerns about whether artificial organs are safe, who will have access to these expensive devices, and whether they might have a dehumanizing effect on recipients.

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• Introduction(p. 9)
• 1. The United States Should Adopt a Policy of Presumed Consent Toward Organ Donation(p. 13)
• 2. The United States Should Not Adopt a Policy of Presumed Consent Toward Organ Donation(p. 19)
• 3. A Policy of Mandated Choice Would Be Better than One of Presumed Consent(p. 25)
• 4. Raising Awareness About Organ Donation Is Better than Presumed Consent or Mandated Choice(p. 29)
• 5. Compensating People for Organ Donation Could Alleviate the Organ Shortage(p. 34)
• 6. Compensating People for Organ Donation Is Unethical(p. 43)
• 7. Research on Cloning Would Help Alleviate the Organ Shortage(p. 47)
• 8. Using Cloned Humans for Organ Transplants Would Be Unethical(p. 50)
• 9. Patients Should Be Allowed to Permit the Removal of Their Organs Shortly After Death(p. 53)
• 10. Vital Organs Must Never Be Removed from Patients Before Death(p. 59)
• 11. Advances in Tissue Engineering Could Alleviate the Organ Shortage(p. 69)
• 12. Animal-to-Human Transplants Could Alleviate the Organ Shortage(p. 75)
• 13. Artificial Organs Could Obviate Many of the Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding Organ Transplants(p. 78)
• Organizations to Contact(p. 83)
• Bibliography(p. 86)
• Index(p. 88)

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Booklist Review

Gr. 6^-12. As with most books in the At Issues series, this one packs a big punch in relatively few pages. The topic for debate: What can be done to alleviate the critical shortage of organ donations? The introduction gives readers a clear road map of what's to follow in the pro-and-con articles, which were written by quite a variety of folks--from journalists and legal scholars to doctors. The writers' credentials are spelled out in headnotes and each excerpt is clearly sourced. The broad range of contributors may seem surprising at first, until one gets down to arguments that touch on everything from medicine and technology to morality. Bold heads and pull-out quotes tell readers at a glance what's what as they consider such proposals as cash incentives, transplants from animals, artificial organs, and cloning. The scenarios may seem straight out of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, yet the reality is that many of the issues haven't changed. No easy answers here; just thoughtful arguments guaranteed to start debate. Stephanie Zvirin