Organ Shortage Today: A Vital Health and Socio-Political Issue.

This book argues that society has the power to solve an urgent, persistent health crisis: the unjust death of patients waiting for an organ, particularly from a deceased donor, to save their lives.Although the therapeutic and surgical technical advances achieved by organ transplants are significant...

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1. Verfasser: Cantarovich, Félix
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.
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Zusammenfassung:This book argues that society has the power to solve an urgent, persistent health crisis: the unjust death of patients waiting for an organ, particularly from a deceased donor, to save their lives.Although the therapeutic and surgical technical advances achieved by organ transplants are significant in their statistical results, society's response to donation has generally remained underwhelming. The waiting lists are endless, and many patients succumb before a lifesaving organ is found.In this book, leading specialists in transplant medicine from 10 countries offer an exhaustive analysis of th.
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (332 p.)
ISBN:1527584348
9781527584341