Tag: Donor

Free Download Good Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved Millions of Babies (Audiobook)
English | September 08, 2020 | ASIN: B086WM5F97 | M4B@128 kbps | 8h 14m | 451 MB
Author: Julian Guthrie | Narrator: Ann Richardson
A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.
In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a 14-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their paths would cross, or how they would change the world.

Free Download Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage: Challenges and Solutions by Ralf J. Jox, Galia Assadi, Georg Marckmann
English | PDF | 2016 | 347 Pages | ISBN : 3319164406 | 4.2 MB
This book analyzes the reasons for organ shortage and ventures innovative ideas for approaching this problem. It presents 29 contributions from a highly interdisciplinary group of world experts and upcoming professionals in the field. Every year thousands of patients die while waiting for organ transplantation. Health authorities, medical professionals and bioethicists worldwide point to the urgent and yet unsolved problem of organ shortage, which will be even intensified due to the increasing life expectancy. Even though the practical problem seems to be well known, the search for suitable solutions continues and often restricts itself by being limited through disciplinary and national borders. Combining philosophical reflection with empirical results, this volume enables a unique insight in the ethics of organ transplantation and offers fresh ideas for policymakers, health care professionals, academics and the general public.

Free Download Donor-Linked Families in the Digital Age: Relatedness and Regulation
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1316518515 | 277 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
How are siblings who were conceived using the same sperm or egg donor making connections in the absence of legal support? What is it like to discover you are part of a 50+ donor sibling group? How are donor conceived adults using new technologies to connect with genetic family and explore their identity? This edited collection considers the donor linking experiences of donor conceived adults and children, recipient parents, and donors in a global context. It includes contributions from legal academics, social workers, sociologists, psychologists, and policy makers who work in the assisted conception field. As a result, it will be of particular interest to scholars of reproductive law, sociology, and digital media and reproductive technologies. It will also engage those following the debate around donor linking and the use of do-it-yourself technologies, including direct-to-consumer genetic testing and social media.