Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society / Ronald Munson.
Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society / Ronald Munson.
Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society / Ronald Munson.
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N174.25/29
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English
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288 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. A Modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's Heart -- 2. Mickey Mantle's Liver, Part 1: The Case -- 3. Mickey Mantle's Liver, Part 2: The Issues -- 4. That Others May Live: The Dead-Donor Rule and Anencephalic Infants -- 5. Kidney For Sale: Is it Ever Right to Sell Your Kidney? -- 6. Donors of Last Resort: P...
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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England
Date Published
2002.
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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 h...
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Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society / Ronald Munson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index.
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N174.25/29
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ISBN
0195132998 (alk. paper)
9780195132991 (alk. paper)
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174.25
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991015259089702626
