290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 2005. One of the leading causes of death is organ failure, that is, when one or other of the organs that run the machine we call the body gives out. However, whereas with a machine spare parts can usually replace faulty parts, in the case of humans the supply of these is limited as it is dependent on organs being obtained from living or dead donors. Due to the limitations... Read more
Contents: Preface; Human organ transplantation: an overview; An introduction to xenotransplantation; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom: the background reports; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom: the work of UKXIRA; A review of national and international responses to xenotransplantation; The ethical dimensions of xenotransplantation; Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 1); Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 2); Xenotransplantation - what next?; Index.
Biography
Sheila A.M. McLean is Professor and Director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Laura Williamson is Research Assistant also at the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
