The Resource Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society, Ronald Munson
Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society, Ronald Munson
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- Summary
- "Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are pulled back from the brink of death by receiving vital new organs. Another 5,000 die while waiting for them. And what distinguishes these two groups has become the source of one of our thorniest ethical questions." "In Raising the Dead, Ronald Munson offers a vivid, often wrenchingly dramatic account of how transplants are performed, how we decide who receives them, and how we engage the entire range of tough issues that arise because of them. Each chapter begins with a detailed account of a specific case - Mickey Mantle's controversial liver transplant for example - followed by careful analysis of its surrounding ethical questions (the charges that Mantle received special treatment because he was a celebrity, the large problems involving how organs are allocated, and whether alcoholics should have an equal claim on donor livers). In approaching transplant ethics through specific cases, Munson reminds us of the complex personal and emotional dimension that underlies such issues. The book also ranges beyond our present capabilities to explore the future possibilities in xenotransplantation (transplanting animal organs into humans) and stem cell technology that would allow doctors to grow new organs from the patient's own cells." "Based on extensive scientific research, but written with a novelist's eye for the human condition, Raising the Dead shows readers the reality of organ transplantation now, the possibility of what it may become, and how we might respond to the ethical challenges it forces us to confront."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 288 p.
- Contents
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- A modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart
- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 1: the case
- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 2: the issues
- That others may live: the dead-donor rule and anencephalic infants
- Kidney for sale: is it ever right to sell your kidney?
- Donors of last resort: protecting vulnerable people
- Kurosawa in California: the baby Fae case and unproven treatments
- But are they really dead?: Is no heartbeat enough for death?
- Xenotransplantation, part 1: chasing the dream
- Xenotransplantation, part 2: fearing the worst, hoping for the best
- Grow your own organs: stem-cell engineering and generative medicine
- Isbn
- 9780195178012
- Label
- Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society
- Title
- Raising the dead
- Title remainder
- organ transplants, ethics, and society
- Statement of responsibility
- Ronald Munson
- Subject
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- Ethik
- Greffe (Chirurgie) -- Aspect moral
- Greffe (Chirurgie) -- Aspect social
- Implantatie
- Medical ethics
- Medical ethics
- Medical ethics
- Medische ethiek
- Orgaandonatie
- Organ Transplantation
- Regeneratie
- Bioethical Issues
- Transplantatie
- Transplantation
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tisues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Xenotransplantatie
- Éthique médicale
- Stamcellen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are pulled back from the brink of death by receiving vital new organs. Another 5,000 die while waiting for them. And what distinguishes these two groups has become the source of one of our thorniest ethical questions." "In Raising the Dead, Ronald Munson offers a vivid, often wrenchingly dramatic account of how transplants are performed, how we decide who receives them, and how we engage the entire range of tough issues that arise because of them. Each chapter begins with a detailed account of a specific case - Mickey Mantle's controversial liver transplant for example - followed by careful analysis of its surrounding ethical questions (the charges that Mantle received special treatment because he was a celebrity, the large problems involving how organs are allocated, and whether alcoholics should have an equal claim on donor livers). In approaching transplant ethics through specific cases, Munson reminds us of the complex personal and emotional dimension that underlies such issues. The book also ranges beyond our present capabilities to explore the future possibilities in xenotransplantation (transplanting animal organs into humans) and stem cell technology that would allow doctors to grow new organs from the patient's own cells." "Based on extensive scientific research, but written with a novelist's eye for the human condition, Raising the Dead shows readers the reality of organ transplantation now, the possibility of what it may become, and how we might respond to the ethical challenges it forces us to confront."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Munson, Ronald
- Dewey number
- 174/.25
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RD120.7
- LC item number
- .M86 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2002 B-470
- WO 690
- NLM item number
- M969r 2002
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Medical ethics
- Organ Transplantation
- Bioethical Issues
- Greffe (Chirurgie)
- Greffe (Chirurgie)
- Éthique médicale
- Medical ethics
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transplantatie
- Implantatie
- Orgaandonatie
- Medische ethiek
- Xenotransplantatie
- Stamcellen
- Regeneratie
- Transplantation
- Ethik
- Transplantation of organs, tisues, etc.
- Medical ethics
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Label
- Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society, Ronald Munson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 1: the case -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 2: the issues -- That others may live: the dead-donor rule and anencephalic infants -- Kidney for sale: is it ever right to sell your kidney? -- Donors of last resort: protecting vulnerable people -- Kurosawa in California: the baby Fae case and unproven treatments -- But are they really dead?: Is no heartbeat enough for death? -- Xenotransplantation, part 1: chasing the dream -- Xenotransplantation, part 2: fearing the worst, hoping for the best -- Grow your own organs: stem-cell engineering and generative medicine
- Control code
- ocm47081322
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 288 p.
- Isbn
- 9780195178012
- Lccn
- 2001036119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o47081322
- (OCoLC)47081322
- Label
- Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society, Ronald Munson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 1: the case -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 2: the issues -- That others may live: the dead-donor rule and anencephalic infants -- Kidney for sale: is it ever right to sell your kidney? -- Donors of last resort: protecting vulnerable people -- Kurosawa in California: the baby Fae case and unproven treatments -- But are they really dead?: Is no heartbeat enough for death? -- Xenotransplantation, part 1: chasing the dream -- Xenotransplantation, part 2: fearing the worst, hoping for the best -- Grow your own organs: stem-cell engineering and generative medicine
- Control code
- ocm47081322
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 288 p.
- Isbn
- 9780195178012
- Lccn
- 2001036119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o47081322
- (OCoLC)47081322
Subject
- Ethik
- Greffe (Chirurgie) -- Aspect moral
- Greffe (Chirurgie) -- Aspect social
- Implantatie
- Medical ethics
- Medical ethics
- Medical ethics
- Medische ethiek
- Orgaandonatie
- Organ Transplantation
- Regeneratie
- Bioethical Issues
- Transplantatie
- Transplantation
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tisues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Xenotransplantatie
- Éthique médicale
- Stamcellen
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