{"product_id":"9780878408122","title":"Transplantation Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree decades after the first heart transplant surgery stunned the world, organs including eyes, lungs, livers, kidneys, and hearts are transplanted every day. But despite its increasingly routine nature-or perhaps because of it-transplantation offers enormous ethical challenges. A medical ethicist who has been involved in the organ transplant debate for many years, Robert M. Veatch explores a variety of questions that continue to vex the transplantation community, offering his own solutions in many cases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from the most fundamental questions to recently emerging issues, \u003ci\u003eTransplantation Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete and systematic account of the ethical and policy controversies surrounding organ transplants. Veatch structures his discussion around three major topics: the definition of death, the procurement of organs, and the allocation of organs. He lobbies for an allocation system-administered by nonphysicians-that considers both efficiency and equity, that takes into consideration the patient's age and previous transplant history, and that operates on a national rather than a regional level. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with case studies and written in an accessible style, this comprehensive reference is intended for a broad cross section of people interested in the ethics of transplantation from either the medical or public policy perspective: patients and their relatives, transplantation professionals, other health care professionals and administrators, social workers, members of organ procurement organizations, and government officials involved in the regulation of transplants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50075918827760,"sku":"9780878408122","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780878408122_p0.jpg?v=1784735484","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780878408122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}