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Since the beginning of its modern incarnation, transplantation has been an ethical timebomb. Questions have been raised about the rights of both recipient and donor, as well as the social, religious, and ethical propriety of transplantation itself. Not merely a collection of essays, New Harvest presents a dialog on the topic by members of the medical, legal, religious, and philosophical fields, all revolving around several basic issues: What are the limits of biomedical principles? Which ethical models should guide legislation? Brain death and the status of fetuses New concepts of human self-identity Brain tissue grafting, the interchangeability Reproductive and neurological transplantation of body parts, and genetic engineering Religious, psychiatric, legal and philosophical considerations. Insightful chapters, including one on the concept of self-identity, bring the religious, legal, historical, and more recent topics, such as brain tissue grafting and fetal transplants, into a unified structure. A book for the concerned layperson as well as the specialist, New Harvest is an enlightening summation of a concern that is at the forefront of biomedical ethics today.
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New Harvest includes contributions from specialists in medical, philosophical, psychological, religious, and legal fields. These essays are not simply a collection, but were developed from a single conception of the four ethical concerns of trans plan tation described in the first chapter. The indi vid ual chapters are all parts of a structure unified by the search for ethical foundations basic to the four concerns. Transplantation is surrounded by a great deal of under standable emotional sensitivi ty. The authors trust that words like "procurement," "harvest," and possibly other expressions found in this book will not offend. We use the current lan but do so with objectivity and respect for those who guage, are personally involved in transplantation. We have made room for, and indeed have invited, different and sometimes conflicting points of view on the complicated ethical ques tions raised by transplant operations. We can not assume that there is one right answer to these questions, at least at our present level of scientific knowledge and ethical wisdom. We do not presume to have identified and analyzed all the ethical questions raised with equal thoroughness. There are four ways in which the scope of the book is limited. Identifying these limitations also helps designate what it is in its own right. First, some questions have been given more attention than others.