Xenotransplantation: Law and Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780815399162 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 290 str.

Sheila a. M. McLean

Opis

Originally published in 2005. In this book, the authors examine the legal and ethical issues surrounding xenotransplantation and consider the implications for the future.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Human organ transplantation: an overview; An introduction to xenotransplantation; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom: the background reports; The regulation of xenotransplantation in the United Kingdom: the work of UKXIRA; A review of national and international responses to xenotransplantation; The ethical dimensions of xenotransplantation; Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 1); Legal issues in xenotransplantation (part 2); Xenotransplantation - what next?; Index.

O autorze

Sheila A.M. McLean is Professor and Director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Laura Williamson is Research Assistant also at the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland.