The global organ shortage : economic causes, human consequences, policy responses / T. Randolph Beard, David L. Kaserman, and Rigmar Osterkamp ; with a foreword by Friedrich Breyer.
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TextLanguage: English Description: xvi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780804784092 (cloth : alk. paper); 0804784094 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Tissue and Organ Procurement | Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics | Tissue and Organ Harvesting | Tissue Donors -- supply & distribution | Health PolicyDDC classification: 362.17/83 LOC classification: RD129.5 | .B43 2013NLM classification: WO 660 2013BE| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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