Xenotransplantation - Sheila A. M. Mclean

Xenotransplantation

Law and Ethics
Buch | Softcover
290 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-35865-2 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
Originally published in 2005. In this book, the authors examine the legal and ethical issues surrounding xenotransplantation and consider the implications for the future.
Originally published in 2005. One of the leading causes of death is organ failure, that is, when one or other of the organs that run the machine we call the body gives out. However, whereas with a machine spare parts can usually replace faulty parts, in the case of humans the supply of these is limited as it is dependent on organs being obtained from living or dead donors. Due to the limitations of supply, increasing attention is being paid to alternative schemes for obtaining organs. One of these possibilities is xenotransplantation: using organs from animals. In this book, the authors examine the legal and ethical issues surrounding xenotransplantation and consider the implications for the future. As they point out, xenotransplantation represents a major deviation from standard medical practice and the possibility of transplantation of large segments of tissue, or whole organs, from animals into humans poses an entirely novel set of considerations - ethical, legal and scientific - which it is necessary to evaluate and understand.

Sheila A.M. McLean is Professor and Director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Laura Williamson is Research Assistant also at the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Contents: Preface; Human organ transplantation: an overview; An introduction to xenotransplantation; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom: the background reports; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom: the work of UKXIRA; A review of national and international responses to xenotransplantation; The ethical dimensions of xenotransplantation; Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 1); Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 2); Xenotransplantation - what next?; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 540 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft Familienrecht
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Medizinrecht
ISBN-10 1-138-35865-7 / 1138358657
ISBN-13 978-1-138-35865-2 / 9781138358652
Zustand Neuware
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