donation of organs, tissues, etc

In order to save her son's life, a single mom must try to convince a selfish drug dealer to donate one of his kidneys to his half brother.

A portrait of adolescence at that hinge moment in life when self-knowledge brings intimations of one's destiny. Kathy has a reunion with two childhood friends. Together they indulge in a nostalgic odyssey into their lives at Halisham, an isolated country school in the English countryside, and subsequently they learn the truth about their childhoods.

Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.

Manhattan city forensic pathologist Laurie Montgomery battles to foil a plot of unimaginable evil in a distinguished New York hospital.

Thirty-one-year-old Kathy, along with old friends from Hailsham, a private school in England, are forced to face the truth about their childhood when they all come together again.

Dylan has a mother, sister, and best friend, but no father, until he steps back into her life and asks and important favor and Dylan wonders what really makes someone family.

Examines how the business of organ harvesting further complicates the process of death declaration and evaluates how death has been determined throughout history.

This book describes the organ donation process and how it works with living and deceased donors and examines issues and policies related to organ transplants.

A series of controversial essays that debate the ethicality of the selling and distribution of body parts.

Collects twenty essays that provide varying perspectives on issues concerning organ donation, debating factors that impact donors and recipients, how it can be increased, ethical issues, and advances in the field.