Transplantation Ethics - 9780878408122

Transplantation EthicsAuthor(s): Robert M. Veatch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Georgetown University Press, United States\nImprint: Georgetown University Press\nISBN-13: 9780878408122, 978-0878408122\nSynopsis\nThree 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. Ranging from the most fundamental questions to recently emerging issues, \""Transplantation Ethics\"" is the first complete and systematic account of the ethical and policy controversies surrounding organ transplants. Veatch structures his discussion around three major t.