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Organ donation : opportunities for action

Title
Organ donation : opportunities for action / Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; James F. Childress and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors.
Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation.
Publication
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Childress, James F.
  • Liverman, Catharyn T.
Description
xv, 339 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Donation of organs, tissues, etc
  • Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement > organization & administration
  • Health Policy
  • Tissue Donors > supply & distribution
  • Transplants > supply & distribution
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Funding (note)
  • This study was supported by Award no. HHSH23457010 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
ISBN
030910114X (pbk.)
LCCN
2006017677
OCLC
  • ocm69672814
  • SCSB-5267541
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries