TY  - BOOK
AU  - McLean,Sheila
AU  - Williamson,Laura
TI  - Xenotransplantation: law and ethics 
SN  - 0754623793
AV  - KD3409 .M36 2005
U1  - 344.4104194 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Aldershot, Hants, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Xenografts
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Transplantation, Heterologous
KW  - legislation & jurisprudence
KW  - ethics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Human organ transplantation : an overview --; 2; An introduction to xenotransplantation --; 3; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom : the background reports --; 4; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom : the work of UKXIRA --; 5; A review of national and international responses to xenotransplantation --; 6; The ethical dimensions of xenotransplantation --; 7; Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 1) --; 8; Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 2) --; 9; Xenotransplantation : what next?
N2  - "One of the leading causes of death is organ failure, that is, when one or other of the organs that runs the machine we call the body gives out. However, whereas with a machine spare parts can usually replace faulty parts, in the case of humans the supply of these is limited as it is dependent on organs being obtained from living or dead donors. Due to the limitations of supply, increasing attention is being paid to alternative schemes for obtaining organs. One of these possibilities is xenotransplantation: using organs from animals." "In this book, the authors examine the legal and ethical issues surrounding xenotransplantation and consider the implications for the future. As they point out, xenotransplantation represents a major deviation from standard medical practice and the possibility of transplantation of large segments of tissue, or whole organs, from animals into humans poses an entirely novel set of considerations - ethical, legal and scientific - which it is necessary to evaluate and understand."--BOOK JACKET
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