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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450827203321

Autore

Sque Margaret Rose Geddes

Titolo

Organ and tissue donation [[electronic resource] ] : an evidence base for practice / / edited by Magi Sque and Sheila Payne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : Open University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-12974-7

9786611129743

0-335-23024-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PayneSheila <1954->

Disciplina

362.1783

Soggetti

Donation of organs, tissues, etc

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Title; Copy right; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Human dissection and organ transplantation in historical context; Chapter 2 Contemporary views of bereavement and the experience of grief; Chapter 3 Gift of life or sacrifice? Key discourses for understanding decision-making by families of organ donors; Chapter 4 A dissonant loss: the bereavement of organ donor families; Chapter 5 Supporting families' decisionmaking about organ donation; Chapter 6 Tissue donation and the attitudes of health care professionals

Chapter 7 Facilitating the donation discussion beyond intensive care: lessons from specialist palliative careChapter 8 Decisions about living kidney donation: a family and professional perspective; Chapter 9 Xenotransplantation and the post-human future; Chapter 10 Closing thoughts and the future; Appendix 1; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

What is the historical and social context that shapes our attitudes towards organ and tissue donation? Using original research findings relating to the social and psychological issues surrounding organ donation, this book provides an evidence-base and brings together contemporary research carried out in the developed world.