Kidney to share /
"A woman who decides to donate a kidney to a stranger tells her story, and a bioethicist reviews the history of ethical controversies surrounding organ donation. These different perspectives on kidney donation give the reader a sense of how this medical technology has evolved and how ethics and...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Culture and politics of health care work.
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Table of Contents:
- Kidney to Share
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Why Not Me?
- 2 The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors
- 3 Meeting "My" Recipient
- 4 Do I Own My Organs?
- 5 Evaluation at Mayo
- 6 Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational?
- 7 What Are the Risks?
- 8 Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection?
- 9 The Endgame
- 10 Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets
- 11 The Odyssey Continues
- 12 Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply
- 13 Going Public, Moving Forward
- 14 The Countdown Begins
- 15 Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice
- 16 Staying Healthy
- 17 First Attempt
- 18 Second Attempt
- 19 Follow-Up
- 20 Lessons Learned
- Epilogue
- Resources
- Works Cited
- Index
