Organ Donation & Transplantation

Bioethics at the Box Office: Organ Donation & Transplantation Edition

Post Date: 01/30/2012
Author: 
CBHD Research Staff

CBHD often receives requests from educators and other individuals for popular resources that engage bioethics through various media (fiction, film, and television). In this resource, we offer a recap of relevant materials that have premiered on the silver screen or television. Readers are cautioned that the films represent a wide variety of genres and may not be appropriate for all audiences. The reason for the rating classification is provided where available.

 

Organ Donation & Transplantation Bibliography

Post Date: 11/13/2009
Author: 
CBHD Research Staff

 

The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

 

Medical Exploitation and Black Market Organs: Profiteering and Disparities in Global Medicine

Post Date: 11/04/2011
Author: 
Michael Shafer, PhD Cand
Author: 
Paige Comstock Cunningham, JD

 

“Global social justice.”  It is an excellent but overwhelming goal.  We rightly care about fellow human beings who are cut off from basic goods like clean water, basic education, and healthcare.  Their needs are staggering.  Yet, those who are most vulnerable to exploitation are often not those who need something, but those who have something that others desperately want.  These victims are the poor and disadvantaged who are the targets of organ trafficking. 

 

Global Bioethics: Emerging Challenges Facing Human Dignity

 

 

July 16-18, 2009

Deerfield, Illinois, USA

Co-Sponsors  

Christian Medical & Dental Associations    
Nurses Christian Fellowship    
Advocates International    
Trinity International University

 

Commodities Trading or Gift Exchange: Where will tomorrow’s organ donors come from?

Post Date: 09/19/2008
Author: 
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

It is a sad, true, and often reprised story; the need for solid organ donations egregiously exceeds the supply. The palpable desperation experienced by those who wait, but also frequently die, has led to a variety of proposals aimed at increasing organ supply. Some of these remedies are just and some are not.


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