The Organ Donor Experience: Good Samaritans and the Meaning of Altruism

by Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down

Book Overview

With a current US need of over 115,000 organs one would think that Good Samaritan donors would be welcomed with open arms by transplant centers and society in general; however, this is often not the case. Tell someone that you have donated an organ to a stranger and the reaction is likely to be one of astonishment and disbelief. Some doctors even consider people who offer their organs to strangers crazy. Why would anyone do that? Who are these people...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442211156
• ISBN13: 9781442211155
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"