Organ Shortage Today [electronic resource] : A Vital Health and Socio-Political Issue.
Material type: TextPublication details: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)ISBN:- 1527584348
- 9781527584341
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
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This book argues that society has the power to solve an urgent, persistent health crisis: the unjust death of patients waiting for an organ, particularly from a deceased donor, to save their lives.Although the therapeutic and surgical technical advances achieved by organ transplants are significant in their statistical results, society's response to donation has generally remained underwhelming. The waiting lists are endless, and many patients succumb before a lifesaving organ is found.In this book, leading specialists in transplant medicine from 10 countries offer an exhaustive analysis of th.
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