Arthur L Caplan

Replacement Parts: The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans Arthur L Caplan

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; The supply of human organs in the United States continues to lag behind demand. By any objective standard the public policy of encouraged volunteerism, established with the adoption of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act in 1968, has failed. How should the United States and the health care community address this ongoing scarcity? What strategies would be both morally acceptable and effective? Noted bioethicist Arthur Caplan and his coeditors have brought together seminal essays and articles from the most significant literature in the fields of medicine, policy, philosophy and religion to help analyze and assess these questions. Caplan's introductory essay explains why present policies are inadequate, and succeeding sections of the book address the following issues: the determination of death and the dead donor rule;the morally divisive case of anencephalic infants as organ donors;the sale of cadaveric or live organs;strategies for increasing the number of available organs, including the market;and how some organ seekers, such as Apple's Steve Jobs, game the system by creating advantageous circumstances for organ donation.

Contributor Bio:  Caplan, Arthur L Arthur L. Caplan is a renowned bioethicist and founding head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The American Journal of Bioethics, Addiction, and Lancet. Contributor Bio:  McCartney, James J McCartney is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Villanova University, an associate fellow at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and an adjunct professor at the Villanova University School of Law. Contributor Bio:  Reid, Daniel P Reid is the author on serval books on Asian culture and health. He is a leading Western authority on traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist healing practices. He has practiced Chinese medicine for over 20 years.