Xenotransplantation. The Ethical and Legal Concerns Tapa blanda - 2006

Sri Lanka: Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research. Good. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 9555994862 . xviii + 247 pp. Glossary. Signed "for Judge Weeramantry" on the title page. Blue card covers are clean, bit of shelf wear, edges lightly rubbed, interior clean and unmarked. Hard to find. Xenotransplantation research is one of the most advanced in the history of surgery. It seems to be wonderful answer to the problem of shortage of organs. Yet it raises a series of medical, legal, moral, psychological and human rights questions. Among these is the possibility of new strains of infection which could trigger off a major epidemic, endangering life everywhere and causing researchers to halt and take stock of the situation. This is one of the most detailed studies available of the implications of this research for law and society. It resulted from a study conducted by the author at the invitation of the Harvard Medical Faculty where he spent some time… Leer más