Gift of Life : The Effect of Organ Transplantation on Individual, Family, and Societal Dynamics
Simmons, Richard L., Marine, Susan Klein, Simmons, Roberta G.
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Analyzing one of the most dramatic of the new medical technologies--Organ Transplantation 'Gift of Life' covers those aspects that have general implications for public policy and sociological theory, and describes the social-psycho-logical impact of kidney transplantation itself. 'Gift of Life' beginswith an examination of the overall, unresolved ethical issues related to kidney transplan-tation--the problem of selecting patients for a scarce therapy.., the problem of withholding treatment from patients of greater physical and psychological risk ... the issue of utilizing living related kidney donors vs. cadaver donors. The book concentrates on organ donors and their families, and studies the effect of this type of extreme altruism. It also examines the stress for the family as the members try to decide who, if anyone, will give a kidney. The work shows how individuals and families make major decisions under stress. Discussed in detail are family communication processes and emotional relationships between donor and recipient, as well as the impact of donation upon the family of the cadaver-donor. The final analysis deals with the health care delivery issues and the questions of funding created by the rapid rise of this new technology. 'Gift of Life', with its exposition of decision making communication, and reaction to stress, is of relevance to social science theory and policy.
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Roberta G. Simmons (1937-1993) was professor of psychiatry and sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. She was a member of the governing council of the American Sociological Association and the Society for Research on Adolescence.
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Title: Gift of Life : The Effect of Organ ...
Publisher: Transaction Books
Publication Date: 1987
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Gift of Life: The Effect of Organ Transplantation on Individual, Family, and Societal Dynamics
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ISBN 13: 9780887386831
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 526 pp., xxxiii. First published in 1977; this copy with "New material this edition copyright, 1987. Following the Acknowledgments and Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Contents divided into 12 sections in 4 Parts: Part I INTRODUCTION: (1) Introduction: [i] The Technology of Dialysis and Transplantation; [ii] Funding for Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis; [iii] The Organization of the Study; (2) Transplantation and Changing Norms: Cultural Lag and Ethical Ambiguities: [i] Patient Selection; [ii] Selection of Patients When Resources are Adequate; [iii] Organ Donors: Societal Norms; [iv] Cadaver Donors: Medical Norms; [v] Living Unrelated Donors: Medical Norms; [vi] Medical Norms Concerning Related Donors; [vii] Organizational Responses to Ambiguity; Part II REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE POSTTRANSPLANT PATIENT (3) Social and Psychological Rehabilitation of the Adult Transplant Patient; (4) Susan D. Klein and Robert G. Simmons, "The Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Children; (5) Dorothy M. Bernstein, " Psychiatric Assessment of the Adjustment of Transplanted Children; Part III THE IMPACT OF THE DONOR SEARCH (6) Living Related Donors: Costs and Gains; (7) Roberta G. Simmons, Diane Bush, and Susan D. Klein, "The Nondonor: Motives and Characteristics"; (8) The Decision to be a Donor; (9) Roberta G. Simmons, Kathleen Schilling, and Linda Kamstra, "Family Stress in the Search for a Donor"; (10) Julie Fulton, Robert Fulton and Roberta G. Simmons, "The Cadaver Donor and the Gift of Life"; Part IV HEALTH CARE DELIVERY ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS (11) Home Care Delivery: The Financing of Transplantation; (12) Summary and Conclusion; Appendixes: (A) Adult Self-Image Scales; (B) Children Self-Image Scales; (C) Donor Attitude Scales; Bibliography, pp. 485-507; Glossary, pp. 509-511; Index, p. 513-526. // Glossy medium green wrappers with light green box on top half front cover for Title and Subtitle letters in black; Author names in smaller white letters on lower front cover. Two pages with accidental small 1/2" on the diagonal, simultaneous, dog-ear creases (Now flat), pp. 347/348 and 349/350, else virtually As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Appears Unread, Unused. Gift-Giving Condition. Seller Inventory # 003110
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