Organ transplants
Deanne Durrett
Discusses organ transplants, including their history, the politics of waiting for organs, ethical and economic considerations, solutions to the organ shortage, and the future of organ transplantation.
Read Time: ~3.3 hr
Living donor kidney transplantation
by Robert S. Gaston, Jonas Wadström (2005)
About this book
Living donor kidney (LDK) transplantation has become the definitive approach to the treatment of end-stage renal failure, providing a better quality of life and the best opportunity for survival. A compendium of the current practice of LDK transplantation presented by international experts, this text explores a number of controversial aspects of this innovative technique. Discussing the current situation in detail, the authors focus on the responsibility of the medical community to the live kidney donor as a patient and the potential for complacency regarding donor risk. The authors also emphasize the ethical principles that must dictate practice in LDK transplantation for the foreseeable future.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary / Future
Protagonist / CoreLiving donor kidney transplantation Lead Character
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