112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Essential viewpoints.
"Essential library"--Page 4 of cover.
Overcoming the odds --; History of donation --; Defining death --; Organs for transplant --; Organ recipients --; Organ donors --; Transplant tourism --; Compensation for donors --; Alternatives to organ donation.
Explores the history of organ transplantation, discussing donation, the art of performing transplants, issues with confidentiality, the ethics of selling organs, and new technologies that are creating alternatives.
Organ and body donation
Donation of organs, tissues, etc -- Juvenile literature.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Juvenile literature.