TY - BOOK AU - Beard,T.Randolph AU - Kaserman,David L. AU - Osterkamp,Rigmar TI - The global organ shortage: economic causes, human consequences, policy responses SN - 9780804784092 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - RD129.5 .B43 2013 U1 - 362.17/83 23 KW - Tissue and Organ Procurement KW - economics KW - Tissue and Organ Harvesting KW - Tissue Donors KW - supply & distribution KW - Health Policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index; The evolution of organ transplantation and procurement policy -- Consequences of the current policy -- Social costs and benefits of transplants -- Economic and political causes of the shortage of organs -- Reforms short of open donor compensation -- An assessment of the moral basis of alternative organ donation rules -- Compensation for organ donation and a proposal for a public monopsony for organ acquisition ER -