Transplanting Human Tissue

Ethics, Policy and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-516284-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

The use of human tissue for transplantation is becoming a billion-dollar business. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the American tissue transplantation industry. It traces the chain of distribution of musculoskeletal tissue (e.g. bones and ligaments) and skin from the generous donation of grieving families to its transplantation into hundreds of thousands of persons each year. Commodification, commercialization, and the occasional use of tissue for "cosmetic" surgery have raised ethical questions about the acceptability of "markets" in human body parts that have been altruistically donated by families. Inevitably, questions about the informed consent and the need for responsible stewardship by the industry have been raised, often in the Press.

The book provides a comprehensive background to these ethical problems by explaining the historical development, breadth, and organization of the tissue industry, including the technical developments that have made it simultaneously clinically relevant and an attractive market for investment capital. It explores the similarities and differences in how government regulates other tissues and solid organs (such as hearts and kidneys). Contributions to the book come from an interdisciplinary group of scholars, industry representatives, government regulators, and, not least, families who have donated tissue from their dead loved ones.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Youngner, Stuart J.

Anderson, Martha W.

Schapiro, Renie

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Transplantationschirurgie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Tissue Banking, Transplantation and Regulation

- 1: Martha W. Anderson and Renie Schapiro: From Donor to Recipient: The Pathway and Business of Donated Tissues

- 2: Martha W. Anderson and Scott Bottenfield: Tissue Banking - Past, Present and Future

- 3: John T. Makley and Richard Nicholas: Clinical Aspects of Allograft Tissue

- 4: Glenn Greenleaf: Skin Transplantation: Clinical Applications and Current Issues

- 5: Jill Hartzler Warner and Kathryn C. Zoon: The View from the Food and Drug Administration

- Part II: Donor Family Perspectives

- 6: John P. Moyer: Andy's Gift: A Donor Family's Perspective

- 7: Ellen Gottman Kulik: The Gift of Tissue: A Donor Mom's Perspective

- Part III: Comparisons with Other Tissues and Organs

- 8: R. Alta Charo: Legal Characterizations of Human Tissue

- 9: Jeffrey Prottas: Ethics of Allocation: Lessons from Organ Procurement History

- Part IV: Ethical Issues

- 10: Courtney S. Campbell: The Gift and the Market: Cultural Symbolic Perspectives

- 11: Norman Fost: Developing Hospital Policy: The University of Wisconsin Experience

- 12: Stuart J. Youngner: Informed Consent

- 13: Stuart J. Youngner, Renie Schapiro and Martha W. Anderson: Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations

- Glossary

- Appendices

- A: American Association of Tissue Banks, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Eye Bank Association of America: Model Elements of Informed Consent for Organ and Tissue Donation

- B: National Donor Family Council: Bill of Rights for Donor Families

- C: National Donor Family Council: Informed Consent Policy for Tissue Donation

- D: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics: Anatomical Gift Form

Über Autor(innen)

Youngner, Stuart J. / Anderson, Martha W. / Schapiro, Renie (Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA)