| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 339 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Trends and patterns -- Perspectives and principles -- Systems to support organ donation -- Expanding the population of potential donors -- Promoting and facilitating individual and family decisions to donate -- Presumed consent -- Incentives for deceased donation -- Ethical considerations in living donation -- Opportunities for action |
| Summary |
Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or intestine). Organ Donation examines a wide range of proposals to increase organ donation, including policies that presume consent for donation as well as the use of financial incentives such as direct payments, coverage of funeral expenses, and charitable contributions. This book urges federal agencies, nonprofit groups, and others to boost opportunities for people to record their decisions to donate, strengthen efforts to educate the public about the benefits of organ donation, and continue to improve donation systems. Organ Donation also supports initiatives to increase donations from people whose deaths are the result of irreversible cardiac failure. This book emphasizes that all members of society have a stake in an adequate supply of organs for patients in need, because each individual is a potential recipient as well as a potential donor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
This study was supported by Award no. HHSH23457010 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Medical policy.
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Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration
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Health Policy
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Tissue Donors -- supply & distribution
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Transplants -- supply & distribution
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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Medical policy
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Childress, James F.
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Liverman, Catharyn T.
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| LC no. |
2006017677 |
| ISBN |
0309657334 |
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9780309657334 |
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128056749X |
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9781280567490 |
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9786610567492 |
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6610567492 |
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0309164648 |
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9780309164641 |
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