What is the historical and social context that shapes our attitudes towards organ and tissue donation? Using original research findings relating to the social and psychological issues surrounding organ donation, this book provides an evidence-base and brings together contemporary research carried out in the developed world. Human dissection and organ transplantation in historical context / Ruth Richardson -- Contemporary views of bereavement and the experience of grief / Sheila Payne -- Gift of Life or Sacrifice? Key discourses for understanding decision-making by families of organ donors / Magi Sque, Sheila Payne and Jill Macleod Clark -- A dissonant loss: The bereavement of organ donor families / Magi Sque -- Supporting families? decision-making about organ donation / Tracy Long -- Tissue donation and the attitudes of health care professionals /rBridie Kent -- Facilitating the donation discussion beyond intensive care: Lessons from specialist palliative care / Joanne Wells, Delyth Hughes and Parul Mistry -- Decisions about living kidney donation: A family and professional perspective / Patricia M. Franklin and Alison K. Crombie -- Xenotransplantation and the Post Human Future / Mary Murray
