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Mark J. Cherry Kidney for Sale by Owner (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Kidney for Sale by Owner
- Publication Name
- Kidney for Sale by Owner : Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market
- Title
- Kidney for Sale by Owner
- Subtitle
- Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market
- Contributor
- Mark J. Cherry (Contributions by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 158901040X
- EAN
- 9781589010406
- ISBN
- 9781589010406
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Genre
- Medicine
- Release Date
- 19/03/2005
- Release Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Type
- Textbook
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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During the past ten years over 4,600 people have died annually in the United States while waiting for organ transplants. In 2003, 83,000 patients waited for transplantation--but only 20,000 patients received them. While everyone seems to agree that this is a national tragedy, bold initiatives to address the problem--such as creating a fee-based and regulated market for organ transplantation--have been fiercely rejected by the federal government and the medical community. But why? If most Americans accept the notion that the market is the most efficient means to distribute resources, why should body parts be exempt? Bioethicist Mark Cherry contends that not only is the market a legitimate means to distribute body parts, but that this approach is actually more just--and more compatible with many Western religious and philosophical traditions--than the current charity-based system now in place. Cherry carefully examines arguments against a market for body parts, made by such figures as John Locke and Immanuel Kant and Thomas Aquinas, and shows these claims to be steeped in myth, oversimplification, and bad logic. Taking his cue from the philosopher Robert Nozick, Cherry contends that in regard to body parts such core values as equality, liberty, altruism, social solidarity, human dignity, and, ultimately, improved health care are more successfully supported by a market rather than through its prohibition. Rather than focus on the purported human exploitation and "moral repugnance" of selling organs, he says, we should focus on saving lives.
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Georgetown University Press
ISBN-10
158901040x
ISBN-13
9781589010406
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038484439
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Kidney for Sale by Owner : Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rd129.5.C448 2005
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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"Accessible and would be of interest to the casual reader, while retaining sufficient analytical depth to be relevant to the ethical or transplant professional." -- British Medical Journal, " Kidney for Sale by Owner is a tour de force, demonstrating both philosophical acumen, insight and scholarly care. This is how bioethics should be done! Moreover -- and more soberly -- given the number of people who die while waiting for a transplant, and the greater number who suffer while waiting, Kidney for Sale by Owner is long overdue. With luck it will be read not just by philosophers, but also by medical professionals and the framers of public policy." -- Economic Affairs, Kidney for Sale by Owner is a tour de force, demonstrating both philosophical acumen, insight and scholarly care. This is how bioethics should be done! Moreover--and more soberly--given the number of people who die while waiting for a transplant, and the greater number who suffer while waiting, Kidney for Sale by Owner is long overdue. With luck it will be read not just by philosophers, but also by medical professionals and the framers of public policy., A comprehensive, balanced review of the philosophical and practical aspects of adopting a market-driven system for organ sales. Transplantation professionals, bioethicists, and the public will find Kidney for Sale by Owner invaluable for framing discussions of this complicated topic. . . . This book challenges our current views on the commercialism of organ donation and argues that from an ethical, medical, and societal viewpoint, the current prohibition of organ sales may cause more harm than good., "A comprehensive, balanced review of the philosophical and practical aspects of adopting a market-driven system for organ sales. Transplantation professionals, bioethicists, and the public will find Kidney for Sale by Owner invaluable for framing discussions of this complicated topic.... This book challenges our current views on the commercialism of organ donation and argues that from an ethical, medical, and societal viewpoint, the current prohibition of organ sales may cause more harm than good." -- New England Journal of Medicine, " Kidney for Sale by Owner is a remarkable book -- insightful, scholarly, and beautifully argued." -- American Journal of Bioethics
Table of Content
Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction1. Human Organ Sales and Moral Arguments: The Body for Beneficence and Profit IntroductionChallenges for Public Health Care Policy"Global Consensus"Prohibition: Controversies and Criticisms 2. Metaphysics, Morality, and Political Theory: The Presuppositions of Proscription Reexamined Introduction Initial Considerations: Assessing Standards of Evidence and Placing the Burden of Proof Persons and Body Parts Owning One's Body Repugnance: Adjudication Among Moral Institutions Government, Health Care Policy, and Private Choices Summary 3. A Market in Human Organs: Costs and Benefits, Vices and Virtues Introduction Health Care Costs and Benefits Special Moral Costs and Benefits: Equality and Liberty Exploitation: Organ Markets Verses Other Procurement and Allocation Strategies Community, Altruism, and Free Choice Scientific Excellence and the Market Place The Market and Profit: The Virtues and Vices of Free Choice Summary 4. The Body, Its Parts, and the Market: Revisionist Interpretations From the History of Philosophy Introduction Major Theories Summary 5. Prohibition: More Harm than Benefit? Aspiring to an International Bioethics False Claims to Moral Consensus Crafting Health Care Policy Amidst Moral Pluralism Appendix: Sample of International Legislation Restricting the Sale of Human Organs for Transplantation List of Cases Notes Index
Copyright Date
2005
Topic
Ethics, Surgery / Transplant, General
Lccn
2004-022932
Dewey Decimal
617.9/54
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Medical
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