Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation

• One: The principles.- 1. The search for a universal system of ethics: post-modern disappointments and contemporary possibilities.- 2. Theories of justice.- Two: Selection and commercialization.- 3. Ethics issues in selection for dialysis and transplantation: the duty of advocacy.- 4. From him that hath not.- 5. Commercialization: the buying or selling of kidneys.- 6. ‘For-profit’ and ‘not-for-profit’ dialysis: cost cutting and solutions in the USA.- 7. Physicians and industry: can professional integrity be maintained?.- Three: Stopping treatment.- 8. Practical aspects of stopping dialysis and cultural differences.- 9. Religious aspects of stopping treatment.- 10. Legal aspects of stopping dialysis.- 11. An ethical analysis of stopping treatment.- Four: Different views from different countries.- 12. A perspective on reality.- 13. The argument against the unrelated live donor.- 14. Ethical problems in dialysis and transplantation: Africa.- 15. Japanese view of life and organ transplantation.- 16. A different view from different countries: Eastern Europe.- 17. A different view from different countries: United Kingdom.- 18. Ethical problems in renal dialysis and transplantation: Chinese perspective.

'I intend to use Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation as a course book for renal fellows and senior medical students in elective courses. There is no reservation to my endorsement of this book as an invaluable constructive tool to aid all who worry about what really happended when Scribner let the healing genie out of the bottle.' The New England Journal of Medicine 'Dr Kjellstrand and Dr Dossetor have put together an outstanding collection of authors. ... The book is well written, well researched, and is presented in a logical sequence, reflecting the clinical expertise of the editors. ... This book would be an appropriate acquisition for medical libraries, and for the shelves of medical ethicists, students, and those nephrologists and surgeons interested in the bioethics of renal dialysis and renal transplantation.' Virgil Smirnow in Dialysis & Transplantation, January 1994