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A masterpiece of social research
Margaret Lock discusses how organ transplant interests fostered the notion of brain death in North America and Japan. Until recently, Japan did not accept brain death as a sufficient criterion of death, even when the Japanese had all the technology and medical skills to carry out organ transplantation. By contrasting the muted discussion about brain death in North America with the heated, well informed public debates in Japan, Lock makes readers uncomfortable. Are people declared brain dead in America really dead, or do neurologists simply assume that they are dead to allow transplantation to take place? When does death occur anyway; is it a process or an event? Should physicians determine death with technological guidelines, or should death be defined by the people who are the most implicated, like relatives? Lock does not provide easy answers to those questions but her exhaustive research indicates how a different consensus about brain death emerged in the East and the West.Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Brain death    3. Ethics    4. Japan    5. Medical / Nursing    6. North America    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    10. Transplantation of organs, tis    11. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    12. Anthropology    13. Death & dying    14. History of medicine    15. Medical anthropology    16. Social Science / Anthropology / General    17. Transplant surgery   

Subjects:  1. Consumer education    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. General    4. Health Care Issues    5. Health/Fitness    6. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    7. Transplantation of organs, tis    8. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc    9. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Law    3. Law and legislation    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical Ethics    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Moral and ethical aspects    9. Organ Transplantation    10. Surgery - General    11. Transplantation of organs, tis    12. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    13. Law / General    14. Law as it applies to other professions    15. Medicine    16. Social law    17. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Law and legislation   

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Covers a wide variety of topics
I have gone through a very emotional period in which twice, I thought I was going to be a living organ donor. Once it was to have been a kidney and the other time a lobe of my liver. Each time, I was unable to undergo the surgery. My liver's blood vessels are in the way, thus the surgeon cannot safely operate without risking severing an artery. Going through the process of preparing for surgery, even though ultimately the surgery never took place, has given me an interest in the topic of organ transplants and the ethical issues surrounding them. This book has articles on the ethics of living transplants as well as many other topics such as the allocation of scarce organs, using fetal tissue, defining "brain death," etc. Some articles are several years old so the technology discussed may be a little dated but the ethical issues remain. Some articles are from medical journals and are rather technical from a lay person's standpoint. Nonetheless, most articles are interesting and when I showed this book to my would be surgeon for the liver transplant, he immediately ordered a copy for himself.

Thought-provoking and superbly edited.
This collection of essays on issues related to organ transplantation is both thought-provoking and timely, as our society grapples with critical problems such as the allocation of donor organs, the use of animal organs,etc.Caplan and Coelho have done a superb job of editing this anthology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ethical aspects    2. Ethics    3. General    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical ethics    7. Moral and ethical aspects    8. Transplantation of organs, tis    9. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    10. Transplant surgery   

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From Two-Headed Dogs to the Bionic Human
Transplant might have been titled Transplants for Complete Idiots. It explains things in terms even I, a slow learner when it comes to science, can understand. Things such as the fact that a heart transplant is completely different from a liver transplant (I guess I had thought that once they'd figured out how to pop one organ into someone, the procedure would be pretty much the same for the other organs). Transplant also goes into more detail for those who are medically inclined. Still, there really wasn't very much that an interested and moderately intelligent reader couldn't understand.
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Subjects:  1. History    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Organ Transplantation    5. Surgery - General    6. Transplantation    7. Transplantation of organs, tis    8. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    9. Medical / History   

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Health/Fitness    3. Heart, Artificial    4. History    5. Medical    6. Medical Ethics    7. Moral and ethical aspects    8. Organ Transplantation    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Social aspects    11. Transplantation of organs, tis    12. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    13. United States    14. Cardiovascular medicine    15. Medical / Ethics    16. Medicine | Ethics    17. Transplant surgery    18. c 1980 to c 1990    19. c 1990 to c 2000   

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Very comprehensive
I found the insights provided in this book to be most insightful and helpful in assessing the nutritional needs of stage 2 and 3 transplants. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet therapy    2. Immunosupression    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Nutrition    6. Organ Transplantation    7. Patients    8. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    9. Transplantation of organs, tis    10. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    11. rehabilitation   

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An efficient overview of the kidney transplant process
From options for treatment of end-stage renal disease to transplantation and post-operative management, this very complete and efficient overview offers new learners adequate information as well as a handy reference torenal transplant clinicians.This book was an invaluable study referencefor my professional certification.The information reflects current UNOSpolicy regarding HLA tissue matching and cadaveric kidney distribution fortransplantation.A must! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Handbooks, manuals, etc    2. Kidney Transplantation    3. Kidneys    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Nephrology    7. Surgery - General    8. Transplantation    9. Transplantation of organs, tis    10. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    11. Medical / Nephrology    12. Renal medicine    13. Transplant surgery    14. Urology & urogenital medicine   

Subjects:  1. Family & General Practice    2. Family Medicine    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Nursing - Nurse & Patient    7. Organ Transplantation    8. Physicians, Family    9. Primary care (Medicine)    10. Surgery - General    11. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    12. Transplantation of organs, tis    13. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.   

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very well done
If one asked me how I felt about selling ones organ's for profit a few months ago I would have surely said that it would be an immoral act indeed. However, after reading cherry's book I cannot, on a philosophical basis, find any flaws in his logic. A fun and interesting read.

Disappointing--pretty much a reprint of earlier stuff
I was really looking forward to this book, but was totally disappointed with it. Mark Cherry's written several papers on the topic of kidney sales for academic journals, and this book is pretty much just a reprint of them. I mean, these papers were Ok (although not as good as Radcliffe Richards paper in the *Journal of Medicine and Philosophy* and Gerald Dworkin's paper in his book *Markets and Morals*) but I was hoping for more new arguments, not the same stuff again. He also doesn't acknowledge that a lot of this is just reprinted in his Acknowledgements, which is pretty bad I think. The book's also much shorter that it seems--it just 160 pages of argument, the rests just notes and appendices and stuff. At least the book's pretty cheap, although this just seems to show you get what you pay for...
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Subjects:  1. Economic aspects    2. Ethics    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Moral and ethical aspects    6. Procurement of organs, tissues    7. Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.    8. Transplantation of organs, tis    9. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    10. United States    11. Medical ethics    12. Transplant surgery   

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A sensitive treatment of a delicate topic
There is no question to my mind that an organ or tissue transplant can be a life-giving and life-changing miracle for a recipient.I am one who should know this; after all, since 1990 I have had the benefit of two cadaveric kidney transplants.I know from experience the transforming power that a transplant can have on one's thinking and feeling as much as on one's health.Among other things, a transplant gives its recipient an appreciation for sacrificial generosity, and perhaps even some kind of vicarious atonement.
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Subjects:  1. Ethical aspects    2. Ethics    3. Health Policy    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical Ethics    7. Moral and ethical aspects    8. Organ Transplantation    9. Social aspects    10. Surgery - General    11. Transplantation of organs, tis    12. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    13. Medical / Surgery / General    14. Medicine | Surgery    15. Transplant surgery    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Allocation of organs, tissues,    2. Allocation of organs, tissues, etc.    3. Anthropology - Cultural    4. Ethics    5. Germany    6. Health Care Delivery    7. Health Policy    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Public opinion    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Transplantation of organs, tis    13. United States   

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Still Valuable Information
This book was the only one of its kind for a long time. In fact, I found it years after my father's liver transplant, and found it helpful even "after the fact."
A True Sourcebook for Information on Transplants
There is such a scarce amount of information for families of transplant recipients.In fact, this is the only book on the subject at my local library.I found it extremely helpful and informative for many of the technical questions I had about what my father went through and would continue to endure.(He had a liver transplant 7 years ago.)I wish I had found it years ago!Thank you Robert Finn!

Bravo
As a clinical social worker that works with patients facing the possibility of organ transplantation, I picked up this book with the hope that it would be something I could recommend to patients.It did not disappoint me!Very well written and comprehensive, it gives a huge amount of information in an easy to understand format.It is also a very interesting read - I had a hard time putting it down!It is a great starting point for people that are just beginning to learn about transplant.I will be strongly recommending it to all patients and families that I meet as part of the pre-transplant evaluation process. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. General    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health Care Issues    5. Health/Fitness    6. Interviews    7. Organ Transplantation    8. Popular works    9. Reference    10. Transplantation of organs, tis    11. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc    12. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    13. Coping with illness    14. Family & Relationships/General    15. Health & Fitness / General    16. Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues    17. Transplant surgery   

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Must read for family members of organ receipients.
Having a member of your family go through an organ transplant is an extremely emotional experience.This books reinforces your sanity by helping you realize the feelings you have are shared by everyone who goesthrough this ordeal.Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. England    3. Health/Fitness    4. History    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    7. Transplantation of organs, tis    8. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    9. United States    10. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Biomedical Engineering    2. Biotechnology    3. Bone Regeneration    4. General    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Orthopedics    8. Pathophysiology    9. Regeneration (Biology)    10. Transplantation of organs, tis    11. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc    12. physiology    13. Orthopaedics & fractures   

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One sided
The book is mistitled as 'Principles' since it does not really do justice to the foundations of the field. It is more of a compilations of the research work of a 'few' investigators in the field.

Covering the whole body
This is a great book, covering most details of its field. It describes the physicians (and their patients) dream of substituting organs and cells and it also shows, how mankind could not solve problems � up to now. History of artificial organs lacking the full function is one point, but the focus is on cells and their ability to build complete organs � and therefore the book looks on the pathway for the future of organ substitution. Excellent textbook for students and researchers
A vast, detailed summary of the latest advances in tissue engineering. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal cell biotechnology    2. Biotechnology    3. Cell Biotechnology    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Organ Transplantation    6. Physiology    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Tissue engineering    10. Transplantation of organs, tis    11. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc    12. Biomedical engineering    13. Cellular biology    14. Science / Biotechnology   

Subjects:  1. Animal models    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Health/Fitness    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Organ Transplantation    6. Research    7. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    8. Surgery, Experimental    9. Transplantation of organs, tis    10. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    11. Veterinary Medicine - General    12. Medical / Research    13. Plastic & reconstructive surgery    14. Veterinary surgery   

Subjects:  1. Cardiology    2. Communicable diseases    3. Complications    4. Immunology    5. Infectious Diseases    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Nosocomial infections    9. Surgery - General    10. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    11. Transplantation of organs, tis    12. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    13. Transplants    14. Infectious & contagious diseases    15. Medical / Surgery / General    16. Reference works    17. Transplant surgery   

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Moral and ethical aspects    5. Organ Transplantation    6. Physiological aspects    7. Psychiatry - General    8. Psychological aspects    9. Surgery - General    10. Transplantation of organs, tis    11. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.    12. Medical / Psychiatry    13. Psychiatry    14. Surgery    15. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Physiological aspects   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Medical Technology    2. Artificial organs    3. Biocompatible Materials    4. Biomedical Materials    5. Biotechnology    6. General    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Medical Instrumentation    9. Medical instruments and appara    10. Medical instruments and apparatus    11. Science    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Transplantation of organs, tis    14. Biomedical engineering    15. Medical / Biotechnology    16. Medical equipment & techniques