Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation: Current Debates and International Perspectives

Published by transcript Verlag 2021

Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation

Current Debates and International Perspectives

Edited by: Solveig Lena Hansen and Silke Schicktanz

Volume 3 in the series Bioethik / Medizinethik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839446430

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About this book

This collection features comprehensive overviews of the various ethical challenges in organ transplantation. International readings well-grounded in the latest developments in the life sciences are organized into systematic sections and engage with one another, offering complementary views. All core issues in the global ethical debate are covered: donating and procuring organs, allocating and receiving organs, as well as considering alternatives. Due to its systematic structure, the volume provides an excellent orientation for researchers, students, and practitioners alike to enable a deeper understanding of some of the most controversial issues in modern medicine.

Author / Editor information

Solveig Lena Hansen, born in 1984, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany. After an MA in Comparative Literature, she did her PhD in Bioethics at the University of Göttingen in 2016. Her ethical research focusses on organ transplantation, stem cells, and obesity. She also specializes in the field of narrative bioethics, analyzing the negotiation of bioethical issues in literature and film.
Silke Schicktanz, born in 1970, is full-professor at the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany. Her research focuses on the cultural and ethical study of biomedicine. She has lead many international cooperations and was visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Tel Aviv University, JNU Delhi, Montreal Université and University of Lancaster.

Reviews

»Der Sammelband bietet [...] einen Einblick in die Vielfalt der thematischen und methodischen Zugänge in der gegenwärtigen medizinethischen Debatte zur Organtransplantation, der eine hervorragende Ergänzung zu anderen Überblickswerken bietet.«
Nadia Primc, Ethik in der Medizin, 34 (2022)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Exploring the Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation Ongoing Debates and Emerging Topics Solveig Lena Hansen and Silke Schicktanz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
I. DONATION OF ORGANS AND TISSUE
1. Making Sense of Donation Altruism, Duty, and Incentives Anja M.B. Jensen and Klaus Hoeyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Defining Consent Autonomy and the Role of the Family Alberto Molina Pérez, Janet Delgado and David Rodriguez-Arias Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3. Nudging in Donation Policies Registration and Decision-Making Douglas MacKay and Katherine Saylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4. Appealing to Trust in Donation Contexts Expectations and Commitments Solveig Lena Hansen and Katharina Beier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
II. HUMAN ORGAN SOURCES
5. Determining Brain Death Controversies and Pragmatic Solutions Dieter Birnbacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6. Defining Death in Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death Medical Controversies Anne Dalle Ave, David Shaw and James Bernat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7. Deciding about Living Organ Donation Balancing Risk Management and Autonomy Dominique E. Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8. Unspecified Living Organ Donation A Challenge to the Duty to ‘First Do No Harm’ Heather Draper and Greg Moorlock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
III. ORGAN ALLOCATION AND TRANSPLANTATION SYSTEMS
9. Allocating Organs Fairness, Transparency, and Responsibility Søren Holm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
10. Allocating Organs Altruism and Reciprocity Peter Sykora Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
11. Selling Organs Dignity as a Further Concern Zümrüt Alpınar-Şencan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
12. Selecting Donors and Recipients The Role of Old Age Mark Schweda and Sabine Wöhlke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
IV. ORGAN RECIPIENTS
13. Living with a Transplant Identity and a Good Life Paweł Łuków Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
14. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Gift-Giving in Transplantation Narratives Epistemic Authorities Rhonda Shaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
15. Transplanting the Uterus A Reproductive Justice Perspective Sayani Mitra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
V. ALTERNATIVES
16. Researching Xenotransplantation Moral Rights of Animals Tatjana Višak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
17. Envisioning 3D Bioprinting Scenarios of Organs ‘on Demand’ Charlotte Burnham-Stevens and Niki Vermeulen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
18. Considering the Role of Public Health Organ Shortage, Global Justice, and the Paradox of Prevention Hagai Boas, Nadav Davidovitch and Michael Yudell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 358
Keywords: Medical Ethics; Organ Donation; Transplantation; Brain Death; Medicine; Ethics; Body; Philosophy

eBook

Published: September 27, 2021
ISBN: 9783839446430