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Record Nr.

UNISA996199884203316

Autore

Schicktanz Silke

Titolo

Teaching ethics in organ transplantation and tissue donation : cases and movies / / Silke Shicktanz, Claudia Wiesemann, Sabine Wöhlke (editors) in cooperation with Amnon Carmi, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa, Israel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2010

Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

9783941875401

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (81 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

174.297954

Soggetti

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"UNESCO Chair in bioethics"

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part A: Introduction -- 1. Definition and medical practice of organ transplantation -- 2. The ethics of organ and tissue donation -- Part B: Case studies -- I. Case: Living kidney donation: the right to refuse -- II. Case:  Living liver donation and competent decision making -- III, Case: Parental living kidney donation -- IV. Case: Living liver donation - the right to refuse -- V. Case: Living organ donation - legal limits to non-family related donors -- VI. Case: Organ transplantation - mentally incompetent recipients -- VII. Case: Living organ transplantation - cross-national donors -- VIII. Case: Living organ transplantation - legal restrictions on donor-recipient-relationship -- IX. Case: Samaritan donation - risk assessment and non-maleficence -- X. Case: Samaritan donation - domino-paired issue of justice -- XI. Case: Living kidney donation - psychological and cognitive restrictions of the donor -- XII. Case: Living organ donation - socio-economic relationship between donor and recipient -- XIII. Case: Living organ donation - limits of donor autonomy -- XIV. Case: Living bone transplant - informed consent for donation -- XV. Case: Bone marrow transplant - mentally incompetent donor -- XVI. Case: Post-mortem organ donation -



cultural aspects of death and burial traditions -- XVII. Case: Brain death - consent procedure -- XVIII. Case: Post-mortem organ donation and religious conflicts I -- XIX. Case: Post-mortem organ donation and religious conflicts II - follow the law or avoid a scandal? -- XX. Case: Definition of death and cultural aspects - family's role -- XXI. Case: Conscientious objection of physicians -- XXII. Case: Directed (post-mortem) donation - role of preferences for allocation -- XXIII. Case: Heart-lung transplantation - assessing high risks -- XXIV. Case: Post-mortem organ donation - parental consent -- XXV. Case: Xenotransplantation - human trial and informed consent -- XXVI. Case: Organ trade - post-surgical follow-up treatment -- XXVII. Case: Organ trade - supporting medical tourism -- XXVIII. Case: Organ trade - socio-economic dependency between donor and recipient -- XXIX. Case: Organ traffic - financial incentives for doctors -- XXX. Case: From the perspectives of the patient - is there a right to buy a kidney from a stranger in another country? -- Part C: Movies as teaching material - ethical issues in organ transplantation -- List of contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

Organ transplantation is a thrilling new option for modern surgery giving hope for chronically ill patients, and, at the same time, stirring controversial ethical questions on human identity and the meaning of the human body. Being a global and transnational endeavour, organ transplantation raises universal ethical concerns and, yet, has to be adapted to culturally mediated believes. In this book, 30 case studies collected from all over the world illustrate the range of global and local, ethical, social, and cultural problems associated with this new form of treatment. Together with a list of relevant movies, the collection provides a unique resource for ethics education in medicine, health care, philosophy, and religious studies. The authors have completed the teaching material by a systematic introduction into the field of transplantation ethics.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780810603321

Autore

Sears David <1947->

Titolo

The last epic naval battle [[electronic resource] ] : voices from Leyte Gulf / / David Sears ; foreword by Thomas J. Cutler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2005

ISBN

1-282-40788-0

9786612407888

0-313-04193-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/25995

Soggetti

Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944

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 (p. [195]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface: Ships in the Seas of the South; Roll Call; Voices of Leyte Gulf and Glossaries; 1. Citizen Sailors; 2. Forming Up; 3. Opening Shots; Photo essays; 4. Crossings; 5. Night in Surigao; 6. Morning off Samar; 7. Divine Winds; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Often overshadowed by other Pacific War engagements such as Midway or Guadalcanal, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was characterized by some of the most gallant hours in seagoing history: the U.S. Navy's defeat of the combined Japanese fleet during the invasion of the Philippines in October 1944. Involving more ships than even the gargantuan First World War Battle of Jutland and two hundred thousand men, it was the biggest naval battle in world history. It marked the last time that huge capital ships fought within sight and sound of each other. Using the personal accounts of the men who were there, S