A daughter gets tested to see if she's a match to donate a kidney to her father.
Who Says You're Dead? is designed to defy easy answers and to stimulate thought and even debate among professionals and armchair ethicists alike..
He unpacks each hypothetical with a brief reflection drawing from science, philosophy, and history, explaining how others have approached these controversies in real-world cases.
Appel takes on hot-button issues that many of us will confront: genetic screening, sexuality, privacy, doctor-patient confidentiality.
Should they be allowed to use medical technology to ensure they have a child who can't hear? Who should get custody of an embryo created through IVF when a couple divorces? Or, when you or a loved one is on life support, Who Says you're Dead? In short, engaging scenarios, Dr.
Should the doctor tell the father? Or the daughter? A deaf couple prefers a deaf baby.
The test reveals that she is not the man's biological daughter.
A daughter gets tested to see if she's a match to donate a kidney to her father