Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage Challenges and Solutions [Paperback]

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.

1? Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage. An Introduction; Galia Assadi, Ralf J. Jox and Georg Marckmann.- Part I; The Ethics of Organ Donation: Foundations and Challenges.- 2 Brain Death, Justified Killing and the Zombification of Humans  Does the Transplantation Dilemma Require New Ways of Conceptualizing Life and Death?; Tobias Eichinger.- 3 Bodily Integrity as a Barrier to Organ Donation; Adrian M. Viens.- 4 The Role of Body Concepts for Donation Willingness. Insights from a Survey with German Medical and Economics Students; Sabine W?hlke, Julia Inthorn and Silke Schicktanz.- 5 Foundations of a Duty to Donate Organs; Katherine Mendis.- 6 Why Altruism is not a Convincing Argument for Promoting Post-mortem Organ Donation: Responsibility and Solidarity as Key Concepts; Diana Aurenque.- 7 Why not Confiscate?; Christoph Schmidt-Petri.- 8 The Theological-Ethical Dimension of Organ Transplantation in the Context of Contemporary Discussions; Konrad Hilpert.- 9 How to be a Virtuous Recipient of a Transplant Olsß