Scarce goods : justice, fairness, and organ transplantation / / Tom Koch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782939903321
• Autore: Koch Tom <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002
• ISBN: 0-313-39080-0; 9786612573750; 1-282-57375-6; 0-313-07486-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 250 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 174/.25
• Soggetti: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Moral and ethical aspects - United States; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects - United States; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Law and legislation - United States; Social justice - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-239) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1 Lifeboat Ethics and the Case of the William Brown -- Health Care -- The William Brown -- The Gulf Stream -- A Constructed Tale -- The Trial -- Lifeboat Ethics Redux -- The Titantic --2 The Scales of Justice: Principles and Practice -- Distributive Justice -- Scarcity -- Justice Rationales -- Critiques -- Transplantation -- A Geographical Approach -- 3 Scarce Goods: The Contexts of Solid Organ Transplantation -- Transplantation: The Early Years -- Cyclosporine: Transforming Scarcity -- A National System -- National Organ Transplant Act -- Regionalization -- An Example -- Discussion --4 The Scale of Justice: Theories and Realities -- Perspective and Scale -- Global/Interational Scales -- Hemispheric Perspective -- Justice and Scale --5 Disappearing States: The Scale of the Nation -- Regional Inequalities -- Centers of Excellence -- Distant Cities -- Redistricting -- Travel Time (Distance) -- Discussion --6 The Scale of the City: Distant Communities and the -- Problem of Supply -- Rural versus ; Urban Care -- OPO Performance -- Demographics and Membership -- Poverty and Race -- A Sense of the Game -- Application: Southern California -- Discussion --7 The Lifeboat's Choice -- Lifeboat Seats -- Results -- Q-Analysis -- Discussion --8 Justice in Ethic's Lifeboat -- Dimensionality -- Participation -- Philosophical Concerns -- Reasons and Persons -- The Scarcities We Create --Afterword -- Holmes' Legacy -- Abundance and Scarcity.