Organ Transplants

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Organ Transplants is written by Melissa Abramovitz and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1420508164 (ISBN 10) and 9781420508161 (ISBN 13).

Every ten minutes someone is added to the national transplant waiting list according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Currently, around 118,415 people need a lifesaving organ transplant. As transplants become more common, controversies over who should receive an organ and possible methods of increasing the organ supply have arisen. This book offers a comprehensive, and balanced discussion of the issues surrounding organ and tissue transplants. Readers will learn about the moral, ethical, and medical dilemmas that surface as science continues to develop new lifesaving and life-enhancing technologies.