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Author:   Norman Levinsky (Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Associate Provost, Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Associate Provost, Boston University Medical Center)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9780192631596

ISBN 10:   0192631594
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   08 February 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Some general considerations Ronald Baker Miller: Ethical theory and principles Bernard M. Dickens: Key legal issues Specific ethical issues in the care of patients with kidney disease Eli A. Friedman: Must (should) all ESRD patients be treated? Norman G. Levinsky: Equity and patient autonomy in dialysis Kerry W. Bowman and Peter A. Singer: End of life care in dialysis Acquisition of kidneys for transplantation Norman L. Levinsky: Xenotransplantation: an ethical dilemma Robert A. Sells: Allocation of kidneys for transplantation Rita Kielstein and Hans-Martin Sass: Genetics:ethical issues in kidney disease Howard Trachtman et al.: Special issues in the care of children Societal and economic issues William M. Bennett: Economic issues in nephrology practice: ethical dilemmas Ethical issues in non-western cultures JapanAtsushi Asai: Lei-Shi Li and Xiao-Dan Yao: China Vivekanand Jha and Kirpal S. Chugh: India Sarala Naicker: Africa

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This excellent multi-authored book gives a comprehensive account of the many ethical issues that have surrounded the management of End Stage Renal Disease. This is a book that every nephrologist and kidney transplant surgeon should read. John Dossetor in The Lancet, September 2001

This excellent multiauthored book...The various contributers to this book are well known for their erudition and involvement with the issues they discuss...This book should be required reading. The Lancet

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