112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Essential viewpoints.
GENERAL NOTES
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"Essential library"--Page 4 of cover.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Overcoming the odds --; History of donation --; Defining death --; Organs for transplant --; Organ recipients --; Organ donors --; Transplant tourism --; Compensation for donors --; Alternatives to organ donation.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Organ and body donation
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Donation of organs, tissues, etc -- Juvenile literature.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Juvenile literature.