The global organ shortage : economic causes, human consequences, policy responses
Beard, T. Randolph
The global organ shortage : economic causes, human consequences, policy responses [E-Book] - 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations - Stanford economics and finance .
Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Donor reaction to compensation and a proposal for a public monopsony for organ acquisition.
Issues pertaining to organ donation and transplantation represent, perhaps, the most complex and morally controversial medical dilemmas aside from abortion and euthanasia. However these quandaries are not unsolvable. This book proposes compensating organ donors within a publicly controlled monopsony.
9780804784641 0804784647
22573/ctvqrk7ds JSTOR
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Government policy.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Government policy.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects.
Medical policy.
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Health Policy
Tissue and Organ Harvesting
Tissue and Organ Procurement--economics
Tissue Donors--supply & distribution
WO 660
The global organ shortage : economic causes, human consequences, policy responses [E-Book] - 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations - Stanford economics and finance .
Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Donor reaction to compensation and a proposal for a public monopsony for organ acquisition.
Issues pertaining to organ donation and transplantation represent, perhaps, the most complex and morally controversial medical dilemmas aside from abortion and euthanasia. However these quandaries are not unsolvable. This book proposes compensating organ donors within a publicly controlled monopsony.
9780804784641 0804784647
22573/ctvqrk7ds JSTOR
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Government policy.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Government policy.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects.
Medical policy.
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Health Policy
Tissue and Organ Harvesting
Tissue and Organ Procurement--economics
Tissue Donors--supply & distribution
WO 660