Transplanting Human Tissue: Ethics, Policy and Practice

by Stuart J. Youngner

The use of human tissue for transplantation is becoming a billion-dollar business. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the American tissue transplantation industry. It traces the chain of distribution of musculoskeletal tissue (e.g. bones and ligaments) and skin from the generous donation of grieving families to its transplantation into hundreds of thousands of persons each year. Commodification, commercialization, and the occassional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195162846
• ISBN13: 9780195162844
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"