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The U.S. organ procurement system : a prescription for reform

Title
The U.S. organ procurement system : a prescription for reform / David L. Kaserman and A.H. Barnett.
Author
Kaserman, David L.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors
Barnett, A. H. (Andy Hubbard), 1945-
Description
xv, 177 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Demonstrating that Congress's proscription of a market for organ procurement has been an abject failure, David L. Kaserman and A. H. Barnett propose a market system with procurement firms making for-fee arrangements with living donors for extraction after death or with relatives of deceased potential donors. The authors show that such a market system would create supplies that would over time meet demands.
  • The proposed system would also save thousands of lives at relatively low costs to both the transplant recipients and insurance companies."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
AEI evaluative studies
Uniform Title
Evaluative studies.
Alternative Title
  • US organ procurement system
  • United States organ procurement system
Subject
  • Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. > United States
  • Donation of organs, tissues, etc. > United States
  • Allocation of organs, tissues, etc. > United States
  • Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > United States
  • Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. > Law and legislation > United States
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement > standards
  • Organ Transplantation > economics
  • Health Care Rationing
  • Patient Selection
  • Public Policy
  • Tissue Donors
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting > economics
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Organ Shortage: A Brief History of a Policy Failure -- 3. Alternative Policy Proposals: A Survey and Comparative Economic Analysis -- 4. Ethical and Economic Objections to Organ Markets: A Critical Evaluation -- 5. The Medical Community's Opposition to Organ Markets: Some Potential Explanations -- 6. The Question of Supply: Some Preliminary Evidence -- 7. Some Thoughts on How Organ Markets Might Operate -- 8. Summary and a Call for Action.
ISBN
  • 0844741701 (cloth)
  • 084474171X (pbk.)
LCCN
2002025402
OCLC
  • ocm49355728
  • SCSB-4796268
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries