Further reading

A Gift of Life: A Page from the Life of a Living Organ Donor, Leo Trevino (foreword), edited by Lynn Chabot-Long, Paul Jenkins (Je-Lynn Publications, 1996)
A living organ donor tells their story. Buy this book from Amazon.

Body Parts: Property Rights and the Ownership of Human Biological Materials, by E Richard Gold (Georgetown University Press, 1997)
Discusses the thorny issue of who has the rights over human biological materials and tissues. Buy this book from Amazon.

Donor Banks: Saving Lives with Organ and Tissue Transplants (A First Book), by Sally Lee (Franklyn Watts, 1988)
Describes the preservation and re-use of eyes, blood, skin grafts, and hearts through transplant surgery. Buy this book from Amazon.

Handbook of Kidney Transplantation, by Gabriel M Danovitch (Williams and Wilkins, 2004)
This popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians and surgeons who manage kidney transplant patients and for nurses and other professionals on the transplant team. Buy this book from Amazon.

Human Organ Transplantation (World Health Organisation, 1991)
This booklet describes the response of WHO to some of the ethical and moral issues raised by organ transplantation. Buy this booklet from WH Smith.

Key Legal and Ethical Issues in Living Donor Organ Transplantation (Medico-Legal S), by Austen Garwood-Gowers (Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1999)
This work is a global comparison and analysis of law relating to living donor transplantation. It also analyses the key ethical and legal issues involved in the issue. Buy this from WH Smith.

Nursing Care of the Transplant Recipient, by Katharine M Sigardson-Poor and Linda M Haggerty (Saunders, 1990)
This text presents nursing care and related clinical information for patients undergoing transplantation of organs or tissues. The book covers all phases from donor selection and preoperative care to discharge and follow-up care. Buy this from Amazon.

Transplanting Human Tissue: Ethics, Policy and Practice, edited by Stuart J Youngner, Martha W Anderson and Renie Schapiro (Oxford University Press Inc, USA, 2003)
The use of human tissue for transplantation is becoming a billion-dollar business. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the American tissue transplantation industry. Buy this book from WH Smith.

The Multi-organ Donor: Selection and Management, edited by Robert SD Higgins, Juan A Sanchez, Mark I Lorber, John C Baldwin (Blackwell Science Inc., 1997)
This work offers the latest guidelines for the selection and management of donors, the surgical techniques necessary to perform the procurement procedure safely and expediently, and specific problems associated with each of the individual organs commonly transplanted. Buy this book from Amazon.

The Waiting Game: The Crisis in the Organ Donor System, by Norbert R Hoferichter (Abbeyfield Publishers, 2001)
Discusses the many problems with the organ donor systems affecting those waiting for transplant. Buy this from Amazon.

Wrapped in Mourning: The Gift of Life and Organ Donor Family Trauma (The Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement), by Sue Holtkamp (Brunner-Routledge, 2002)
Discusses organ donations from the perspectives of the donors and their families, dealing with the trauma and grief they can suffer. Buy this from WH Smith.

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