Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage: Challenges and Solutions (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (59))

This book analyzes the reasons for organ shortage and ventures innovative ideas for approaching this problem. It presents 29 contributions from a highly interdisciplinary group of world experts and upcoming professionals in the field. Every year thousands of patients die while waiting for organ transplantation. Health authorities, medical professionals and bioethicists worldwide point to the urgent and yet unsolved problem of organ shortage, which will be even intensified due to the increasing life expectancy. Even though the practical problem seems to be well known, the search for suitable solutions continues and often restricts itself by being limited through disciplinary and national borders. Combining philosophical reflection with empirical results, this volume enables a unique insight in the ethics of organ transplantation and offers fresh ideas for policymakers, health care professionals, academics and the general public. 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