The global organ shortage:economic causes, human consequences, policy responses
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Stanford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Stanford, California. |
Publication Dates: | 2013. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 242 p.: ill. ; 24cm. |
ISBN: |
9780804784092 0804784094 |
Index Number: | R193 |
CLC: | R193.3 |
Call Number: | R193.3/B368 |
Contents: |
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 -- Compensation for organ donation and a proposal for a public monopsony for organ acquisition. |