David Petechuk is the author of The Respiratory System in Greenwood Press's Human Body Systems series, and the editor of the quarterly newsletter of the Thomas A. Starzl Transplantation Institute.

• Series ForewordPrefaceIntroductionSection One Overview1 A Brief History of Transplantation2 Organ Procurement: Supply and Demand3 Organ Allocation: Establishing a Fair System4 Advances and the Future of TransplantationSection Two Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation5 Buying and Selling Organs for Donation6 Organ Allocation: Who Should Get an Organ?7 Xenotransplantation: Animal Use and Infectious Disease8 Living Donors: Giving until It Hurts?9 Stem Cell Transplantation and Research: A Question of Life?10 Face Transplants: Some Ethical ConsiderationsSection Three References and ResourcesA Annotated Primary Source DocumentsB Timeline for Transplantation IssuesC GlossaryD Further ReadingIndex

"The first section of this book by Petechuk is titled Overview, but its four chapters, which cover history, organ procurement, organ allocation, and advances in transplantation, are all heavily imbued with ethical concerns. The six chapters of section 2, Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation, focus very specifically on the ethical issues of buying and selling organs, organ allocation, xenotransplantation, living donors, stem cell transplantation and research, and face transplants. An appendix of primary source documents provides a few brief government documents on various issues. The time line (in an appendix) reveals that the concept of organ transplantation existed as long ago as 400 BCE. A two-page glossary provides greater accessibility for readers without any health science knowledge. The bibliography is current, with entries as recent as 2005. A list of organizations and Web resources completes the text. This is a useful resource....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers." - Choice

David Petechuk is the author of The Respiratory System in Greenwood Press's Human Body Systems series, and the editor of the quarterly newsletter of the Thomas A. Starzl Transplantation Institute.

• Series ForewordPrefaceIntroductionSection One Overview1 A Brief History of Transplantation2 Organ Procurement: Supply and Demand3 Organ Allocation: Establishing a Fair System4 Advances and the Future of TransplantationSection Two Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation5 Buying and Selling Organs for Donation6 Organ Allocation: Who Should Get an Organ?7 Xenotransplantation: Animal Use and Infectious Disease8 Living Donors: Giving until It Hurts?9 Stem Cell Transplantation and Research: A Question of Life?10 Face Transplants: Some Ethical ConsiderationsSection Three References and ResourcesA Annotated Primary Source DocumentsB Timeline for Transplantation IssuesC GlossaryD Further ReadingIndex

"The first section of this book by Petechuk is titled Overview, but its four chapters, which cover history, organ procurement, organ allocation, and advances in transplantation, are all heavily imbued with ethical concerns. The six chapters of section 2, Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation, focus very specifically on the ethical issues of buying and selling organs, organ allocation, xenotransplantation, living donors, stem cell transplantation and research, and face transplants. An appendix of primary source documents provides a few brief government documents on various issues. The time line (in an appendix) reveals that the concept of organ transplantation existed as long ago as 400 BCE. A two-page glossary provides greater accessibility for readers without any health science knowledge. The bibliography is current, with entries as recent as 2005. A list of organizations and Web resources completes the text. This is a useful resource....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers." - Choice

David Petechuk is the author of The Respiratory System in Greenwood Press's Human Body Systems series, and the editor of the quarterly newsletter of the Thomas A. Starzl Transplantation Institute.

• Series ForewordPrefaceIntroductionSection One Overview1 A Brief History of Transplantation2 Organ Procurement: Supply and Demand3 Organ Allocation: Establishing a Fair System4 Advances and the Future of TransplantationSection Two Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation5 Buying and Selling Organs for Donation6 Organ Allocation: Who Should Get an Organ?7 Xenotransplantation: Animal Use and Infectious Disease8 Living Donors: Giving until It Hurts?9 Stem Cell Transplantation and Research: A Question of Life?10 Face Transplants: Some Ethical ConsiderationsSection Three References and ResourcesA Annotated Primary Source DocumentsB Timeline for Transplantation IssuesC GlossaryD Further ReadingIndex

"The first section of this book by Petechuk is titled Overview, but its four chapters, which cover history, organ procurement, organ allocation, and advances in transplantation, are all heavily imbued with ethical concerns. The six chapters of section 2, Controversies and Issues Relating to Transplantation, focus very specifically on the ethical issues of buying and selling organs, organ allocation, xenotransplantation, living donors, stem cell transplantation and research, and face transplants. An appendix of primary source documents provides a few brief government documents on various issues. The time line (in an appendix) reveals that the concept of organ transplantation existed as long ago as 400 BCE. A two-page glossary provides greater accessibility for readers without any health science knowledge. The bibliography is current, with entries as recent as 2005. A list of organizations and Web resources completes the text. This is a useful resource....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers." - Choice