Xenotransplantation

Daniel J. Hurst Rowan-Virtua School Osteopathic Medicine Department of Family Medicine Stratford, New Jersey, USA Luz Padilla University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Epidemiology Birmingham, Alabama, USA Wayne D. Paris Abilene Christian University Department of Social Work (Emeritus) Abilene, Texas, USA

Introduction.- Allotransplantation ethics.- Xenotransplantation: The role of pubic involvement.- Xenotransplantation and clinical ethics.- Xenotransplantation and pediatric ethics issues.- Xenotransplantation and informed consent.- Geoethics and xenotransplantation.- Animal ethics and xenozoonotic risks.- Regulatory considerations and oversight: A US perspective.- Regulatory considerations and oversight: A European perspective.- Regulatory considerations and oversight: A Japanese Perspective.- Regulatory considerations and oversight: A Chinese Perspective.- Religious viewpoints: Protestant and Catholic.- Religious viewpoints: Sunni Islam.- Religious viewpoints: Shia Islam.- Religious viewpoints: Judaism.- Religious viewpoints: Hinduism.- Psychological implications.- Challenges in adequately assessing the Social Attitudes and Perceptions of the Public towards Xenotransplantation.- Perceptionsof xenotransplantation by the public.- Potential Applicability of Cardiac Xenotransplantation in Pediatrics: Just Around the Corner.- The implications of living as a xenograft recipient.- Clinical and Ethical Implications of Adult Cardiac Xenotransplantation.- Kidney Xenotransplantation.