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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791370603321

Autore

Price David P. T.

Titolo

Human tissue in transplantation and research : a model legal and ethical donation framework / / David Price [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

0-511-84814-5

1-107-21123-9

1-139-19565-4

1-282-65295-8

9786612652950

0-511-76925-3

0-511-76702-1

0-511-77009-X

0-511-76563-0

0-511-76841-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ; ; 10

Disciplina

344.04194

Soggetti

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Law and legislation

Donation of organs, tissues, etc - Law and legislation

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

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

Informed consent (Medical law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Human biological materials -- Interests in the living body and corpse -- Eliciting wishes -- Consent to donation -- Presumed consent -- Informed consent -- Living donation -- Property in human material.

Sommario/riassunto

Deficiencies and shortfalls in the supply of human organs for transplantation and human tissue for research generate policy dilemmas across the world and have often given rise to major and deleterious controversies, such as those relating to organ and tissue retention practices following post-mortem examination. They also create an environment in which illegitimate commercial activities



flourish. At the same time, patients are denied the therapy they desperately require and researchers are impeded from carrying out vital work into the causes of, and efficacious treatments for, major illnesses and diseases. David Price sets out a clear and integrated legal and policy framework which emanates from the tissue source but protects the interests of donors and relevant professionals through tailored property entitlements, but without presupposing rights to trade in 'original' materials.