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Record Nr.

UNISA996201265703316

Titolo

Ethics in medical progress [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to transplantation / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1966

ISBN

1-280-58873-X

9786613618566

0-470-71948-6

0-470-71703-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.816

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

617.95

Soggetti

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

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Law and legislation

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ETHICS IN MEDICA L PROGRESS: with special reference to transplantation; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Transplantation: the clinical problem; Discussion; An old-established procedure: the development of blood transfusion; Discussion; A recently established procedure: corneal transplantation; Discussion; Organ transplantation: the practical possibilities; Discussion; Transplantation: existing legal constraints; Discussion; Some ethical and economic problems associated with intermittent haemodialysis; Discussion; Problems of ethics in relation to haemodialysis and transplantation

Some general considerationsEthical problems in medical procedures in Sweden; Ethical problems in medical procedures; General Discussion; Outlines of a legislation on transplantation; Discussion; Transplantation: acceptability of procedures and the required legal sanctions; Final Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Appendix 1 The Nuremberg Code; Appendix 2 Human Experimentation: code of ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki);



Appendix 3 Declaration of Geneva; Appendix 4 Replies of Pope Pius XI1 t o some important questions concerning "reanimation"

Appendix 5 Human Tissue Act, 1961Appendix 6 District of ColumbiaTissue Bank Act, I962; Members of the symposium; Author index; Subject index