Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. The principles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The search for a universal system of ethics: post-modern disappointments and contemporary possibilities

      • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

      Pages 3-19

   3. Theories of justice

      • Larry R. Churchill

      Pages 21-34

3. Selection and commercialization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Ethics issues in selection for dialysis and transplantation: the duty of advocacy

      • John B. Dossetor, Carl M. Kjellstrand

      Pages 37-52

   3. From him that hath not

      • Janet Radcliffe Richards

      Pages 53-60

   4. Commercialization: the buying or selling of kidneys

      • John B. Dossetor, V. Manickavel

      Pages 61-71

   5. ‘For-profit’ and ‘not-for-profit’ dialysis: cost cutting and solutions in the USA

      • Alan R. Hull

      Pages 73-90

   6. Physicians and industry: can professional integrity be maintained?

      • John B. Dossetor

      Pages 91-100

4. Stopping treatment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Practical aspects of stopping dialysis and cultural differences

      • Carl M. Kjellstrand

      Pages 103-116

   3. Religious aspects of stopping treatment

      • Michael Kaye

      Pages 117-125

   4. Legal aspects of stopping dialysis

      • Ronald Cranford

      Pages 127-142

   5. An ethical analysis of stopping treatment

      • Carl M. Kjellstrand, John B. Dossetor

      Pages 143-151

5. Different views from different countries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. A perspective on reality

      • K. C. Reddy

      Pages 155-161

   3. The argument against the unrelated live donor

      • M. K. Mani

      Pages 163-168

   4. Ethical problems in dialysis and transplantation: Africa

      • Rashad S. Barsoum

      Pages 169-182

   5. Japanese view on life and organ transplantation

      • Kazuhiko Atsumi

      Pages 183-188

Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation presents an overview of issues with which nephrologists and decision makers are confronted in their daily practice. The search for a universal system of ethics and theories of justice are addressed. Furthermore the work provides a normative ethical discussion of ways of distributing resources with a view to selection and commercialization. Others chapters discuss a philosophical and religious analysis of stopping treatment and the clinical and ethical aspects of stopping treatment in dialysis. Different views from different countries on the subject of dialysis and transplantation are covered including the views expressed by contributors from India, Africa, Japan, Great Britain and China. The work presents the clinician with a guide to the ethical considerations underlying the treatment of dialysis and renal transplantation patients.

• dialysis
• ethics
• organ
• organ transplantation
• transplantation

`I intend to use Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation as a course book for renal fellows and senior medical students in elective courses. There is no reservation to my endorsement of this book as an invaluable constructive tool to aid all who worry about what really happended when Scribner let the healing genie out of the bottle.'
The New England Journal of Medicine

`Dr Kjellstrand and Dr Dossetor have put together an outstanding collection of authors. ... The book is well written, well researched, and is presented in a logical sequence, reflecting the clinical expertise of the editors. ... This book would be an appropriate acquisition for medical libraries, and for the shelves of medical ethicists, students, and those nephrologists and surgeons interested in the bioethics of renal dialysis and renal transplantation.'
Virgil Smirnow in Dialysis & Transplantation, January 1994

• Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  Carl M. Kjellstrand

• Division of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  John B. Dossetor

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