Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage: Challenges and Solutions

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage. An Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-8
Brain Death, Justified Killing and the Zombification of Humans – Does the Transplantation Dilemma Require New Ways of Conceptualizing Life and Death?....Pages 9-17
Bodily Integrity as a Barrier to Organ Donation....Pages 19-26
The Role of Body Concepts for Donation Willingness. Insights from a Survey with German Medical and Economics Students....Pages 27-49
Foundations of a Duty to Donate Organs....Pages 51-60
Why Altruism is not a Convincing Argument for Promoting Post-mortem Organ Donation: Responsibility and Solidarity as Key Concepts....Pages 61-69
Why Not Confiscate?....Pages 71-81
The Theological-Ethical Dimension of Organ Transplantation in the Context of Contemporary Discussions....Pages 83-88
How to be a Virtuous Recipient of a Transplant Organ....Pages 89-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-102
Challenges to the Dead Donor Rule: Configuring a Biopolitical Response....Pages 103-113
Organ Donation and Transplantation in Germany....Pages 115-125
Organ Shortage as a Structural Problem in Transplantation Medicine....Pages 127-140
Donation and Devolution: The Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013....Pages 141-155
Advance Commitment: Rethinking The Family Veto Problem in Organ Procurement....Pages 157-166
Power of Legal Concepts to Increase Organ Quantity....Pages 167-177
Legal Consequences of Organ Transplantation Malpractice....Pages 179-185
Legal Justice in Organ Allocation. A Legal Perspective on the Failure of the German Organ Allocation System....Pages 187-199
In Whose Best Interest? Questions Concerning the Weal and Woe of Transplant Patients....Pages 201-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-208
Discordant Cellular and Organ Xenotransplantation—From Bench to Bedside....Pages 209-220
Xenotransplantation: The Last Best Hope? Ethical Aspects of a Third Way to Solve the Problem of Organ Shortage....Pages 221-238
Front Matter....Pages 207-208
Xenotransplantation and Tissue Engineering Technologies: Safeguarding Their Prospects sans Sacrificing our Future....Pages 239-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-258
Is an Absolute Prohibition of Living Kidney Donation by Minors Appropriate? A Discussion of the Arguments in Favor and Against....Pages 259-270
India’s Kidney Belt and Medical Tourism: A Double-edged Sword....Pages 271-284
Iran’s Experience on Living and Brain-Dead Organ Donation: A Critical Review....Pages 285-292
The Norwegian Model Full Utilisation of Both Living and Deceased Donors to Meet the Need for Organs....Pages 293-302
The Spanish Model of Organ Donation and Transplantation....Pages 303-312
The Business of Saving Lives. Organ Donation at OneLegacy in Southern California....Pages 313-325
The Ethics of Controlled Donation After Cardiac Death....Pages 327-336
Protocols for Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory Death. The Thin Red Line Between Life (Resuscitation Attempts) and Death (Organ Retrieval After Circulatory Death)....Pages 337-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-352