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James L. Benedict - Revised Consent Model for the Transplantation of Face and Upper Limbs: Covenant Consent - 9783319563992 - V9783319563992
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Revised Consent Model for the Transplantation of Face and Upper Limbs: Covenant Consent

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Description for Revised Consent Model for the Transplantation of Face and Upper Limbs: Covenant Consent Hardback. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book supports the emerging field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) for face and upper-limb transplants by providing a revised, ethically appropriate consent model which takes into account what is actually required of facial and upper extremity transplant recipients. In place of consent as permission-giving, waiver, or autonomous authorization (the standard approaches), this book imagines consent as an ongoing mutual commitment, i.e. as covenant consent. The covenant consent model highlights the need for a durable personal relationship between the patient/subject and the care provider/researcher. Such a relationship is crucial given the recovery period of 5 years or more for VCA ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319563992
SKU
V9783319563992
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Ref
99-15

About James L. Benedict
James Benedict is a scholar who holds four advanced degrees, including two doctorates, the most recent being a Ph.D. in Health Care Ethics from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He co-authored a Bioethics Report on Informed Consent for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation for the United States Department of Defense in 2013. He has also authored multiple units of health care ethics ... Read more

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