Organ Replacement Therapy: Ethics, Justice Commerce

Leading medical ethicists, theologists, lawyers, transplant surgeons and physicians discuss 5 major ethical topics concerning the transplantation of human organs.

I. Introduction.- II. Living Organ Donation in Western Countries.- III. The Intra- and Inter-Cultural Commerce in Human Organs and Tissues.- IV. The Dilemma of Post Mortem Organ Donation: Are There Any Donation-Facilitating Factors Which are Potentially Suppressed on the Basis of Ethical or Legal Considerations?.- V. Allocation Issues in Organ Transplantation and Dialysis.- VI. New Frontiers in Organ Replacement Therapy.- VII. Congress Resolutions.- Accepted Resolutions.- Recommendations.- VIII. Index.