Territo / Matteson The International Trafficking of Human Organs

A Multidisciplinary Perspective
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6790-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

International illicit trade in human organs is on the increase, fueled by growing demand and unscrupulous traffickers. In order to truly understand the problem of organ trafficking, an analysis should take into account the various perspectives that come into play in this multifaceted issue. With contributions from international scholars and experts, The International Trafficking of Human Organs: A Multidisciplinary Perspective provides a broad-based exploration of this controversial phenomenon.

Divided into four parts, the book examines the issue of human organ trafficking from the perspectives of criminal justice, business, medicine, ethics, philosophy, and theology. The book begins by presenting case studies of the trafficking of body parts occurring in the U.S. and Mexico. It examines the increase in organ harvesting from Chinese prisoners and describes widespread instances of trafficking in Europe.
Diverse perspectives
Next, it examines the economic ramifications of possible legislation of the sale of body parts and discusses other proposals for increasing the supply of kidneys and other organs. It explores ethical issues surrounding the kidney shortage and incentives to promote donation. It also offers arguments for and against compensation for transplant organs from Kantian, Dworkinian, and other perspectives. Lastly, theologians discuss opposing Catholic and Protestant perspectives on the sale of human organs.
Learning tools
Each chapter provides discussion questions to provoke vigorous debate and references to facilitate further study. The wide-ranging analysis provided by this volume is certain to enhance further inquiry into a disturbing and increasingly prevalent issue.

Zielgruppe

Academics and students taking international trafficking and medical ethics courses, federal agents training for investigative units, attorneys, medical personnel in organ donations and transplantation, and law enforcement professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Territo, Leonard

Matteson, Rande

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Criminal Justice Perspective

Trafficking in Body Parts; L. Territo, EdD and R. Matteson, PhD

China Profit$ from Prisoners: Organ Procurement and the Ethical Issue of Consent; J. Neagle, MA

Trafficking in Human Organs in Europe: A Myth or an Actual Threat? S. Meyer, PhD

A Business and Economic Perspective

A Free Market for Human Organs; M. Clay, MA and W. Block, PhD

Karnataka’s Unabating Kidney Trade; V. Ram, MS

To Solve a Deadly Shortage: Economic Incentives for Human Organ Donation; C. E. Harris, MS, MD, JD and S. P. Alcorn, JD

A Free Market for Kidneys: Options, Futures, Forward, and Spot;
W. Barnett II, PhD and M. Saliba

A Medical, Ethical, and Philosophical Perspective

Medical Tourism: Organ Trafficking and Kidney
Transplantation; S. (A.) Mijovic-Das, MD, FASN

Body Values: The Case against Compensating for
Transplant Organs; D. Joralemon, PhD and P. Cox, PhD

Autonomy, Constraining Options, and Organ Sales; J. S. Taylor, PhD

Markets and the Needy: Organ Sales or Aid? T. L. Zutlevics, PhD

Selling Bits and Pieces of Humans to Make Babies: The Gift of the Magi Revisited; C. B. Cohen, PhD, JD

A Theological Perspective

A Catholic Perspective on Organ Sales; N. Capaldi, PhD

Body Parts and the Marketplace: Insights from Thomistic Philosophy; M. J. Cherry, PhD

The Commercialization of Human Body Parts: A Reappraisal from a Protestant Perspective; L. Torcello, PhD and S. Wear, PhD

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Leonard Territo and Dr. Rande W. Matteson are with the Department of Criminal Justice at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida.