E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten
Territo / Matteson The International Trafficking of Human Organs
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6790-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten
Reihe: Advances in Police Theory and Practice
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6790-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.
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
Weitere Infos & Material
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