Hunnicutt, Susan

Thirteen essays provide opposing arguments on issues regarding organ donation and transplants, including ethical questions, compensation for donation, the purchasing of organs, oversight of the U.S. transplant system, convicts being excluded from receiving transplants, and animal-human transplants.

Presents a collection of essays that debate whether veterans receive proper health care after leaving active duty.

Contains seventeen essays that debate the human costs of war, discussing soldier and other casualties in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, media coverage of fallen soldiers, the care for veterans provided by the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense, and other related topics.

Presents a collection of essays that discuss various topics pertaining to adult and embryonic stem cells. Explores the controversies surrounding this topic and considers varying viewpoints on this research and whether it should be continued.

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growth in negative dietary choices around the world. Suggests alternative diets and how they can become more widespread.

Presents differing opinions on the addictiveness of tobacco, the responsibility of individual smokers, the health effects of tobacco use, and other related issues.

Collects fifteen critical essays that offer varying perspectives on issues that relate to America's subprime mortgage crisis of the twenty-first century, and discusses the effects of the housing crisis on neighborhoods, the responsibilities of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve, racial discrimination, and more.

A collection of essays that examine the current state of the United States economy from various perspectives, highlighting key events, trends, and people that have influenced American economics in recent years.