Medical governance:values, expertise, and interests in organ transplantation
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Published: |
Georgetown University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Washington, DC |
Publication Dates: | c2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
American governance and public policy series |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 214 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781589016316 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589016319 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R617 |
CLC: | R617 |
Call Number: | R617/W422 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Medical governance : important but neglected -- Balancing values, expertise, and interests -- The organ procurement and transplantation network -- Expanding organ supply -- Liver allocation and the final rule -- Incremental response to racial disparity in kidney allocation -- The kidney allocation review : can the OPTN make nonincremental change? -- How and how well does the OPTN govern? -- Is the OPTN a viable and desirable model in other medical contexts? |