This book offers a theoretical and practical overview of the specific ethical and legal issues in pediatric organ transplantation. Written by a team of leading experts, Ethical Issues in Pediatric Organ Transplantation addresses those difficult ethical questions concerning clinical, organizational, legal and policy issues including donor, recipient and allocation issues. Challenging topics, including children as donors, donation after cardiac death, misattributed paternity, familial conflicts of interest, developmental disability as a listing criteria, small bowel transplant, and considerations in navigating the media are discussed. It serves as a fundamental handbook and resource for pediatricians, transplant health care professionals, trainees, graduate students, scholars, practitioners of bioethics and health policy makers.
ISBN: | 9783319291833 |
Publication date: | 6th June 2016 |
Author: | Rebecca A Greenberg, Aviva M Goldberg, David RodríguezArias |
Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 340 pages |
Series: | International Library of Ethics, Law and the New Medicine |
Genres: |
Ethics and moral philosophy Medical ethics and professional conduct Bioethics Paediatric medicine Transplant surgery Philosophy |