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Title:
Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society
Author:
Munson, Ronald, 1939-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Physical Description:
288 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
A modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 1: the case -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 2: the issues -- The 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:
9780195132991
Format :
Book