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Non-heart-beating organ transplantation : medical and ethical issues in procurement / Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Roger Herdman, study director, and John T. Potts, principal investigator.

Title
Non-heart-beating organ transplantation : medical and ethical issues in procurement / Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Roger Herdman, study director, and John T. Potts, principal investigator.
Author
Potts, John T., 1932-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Herdman, Roger.
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of Health Care Services. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129173
Description
x, 92 pages : map; 23 cm
Subject
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Non-heart-beating organ donation > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Organ donors
  • Tissue Donors
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-72).
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Transplantation Supply and Demand -- 3. Background -- 4. The Modern Non-Heart-Beating Donor -- 5. Survey of Organ Procurement Organization and Transplant Program Policies -- 6. Analysis, Findings, and Recommendations -- App. A. Letter to the Institute of Medicine from the Department of Health and Human Services -- App. B. Agenda and Summary of Workshop on Medical and Ethical Issues in Maintaining the Viability of Organs for Transplantation -- App. C. U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations and Letter of Request for Non-Heart-Beating Donor Protocols.
ISBN
0309064244
LCCN
98114047
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries