TY - BOOK AU - Beard,T.Randolph AU - Kaserman,David L. AU - Osterkamp,Rigmar TI - The global organ shortage: economic causes, human consequences, policy responses T2 - Stanford economics and finance SN - 9780804784641 PY - 2013///] CY - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press KW - Procurement of organs, tissues, etc KW - Government policy KW - Economic aspects KW - Donation of organs, tissues, etc KW - Medical policy KW - Tissue and Organ Procurement KW - Health Policy KW - Tissue and Organ Harvesting KW - economics KW - Tissue Donors KW - supply & distribution N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?custid=ns123844&authtype=ip,shib&direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=713564 ER -