Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
values, expertise, and interests in organ transplantation |
Author: |
WeimerDavid Leo, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Washington, DC |
Published: |
Georgetown University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 214 p.)ill. : |
Series: |
American governance and public policy series |
Subject: |
Tissue and Organ Procurement - legislation & jurisprudence - United States - |
Subject: |
Government Regulation - United States - |
Subject: |
Organ Transplantation - legislation & jurisprudence - United States - |
Subject: |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. - United States - |
Subject: |
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. - United States - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781589016828/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9781589016828electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
1589016823electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9781589016316pbk. |
ISBN: |
1589016319pbk. |
Content Note: |
Medical governance : important but neglected -- Balancing values, expertise, and interests --The organ procurement and transplantation network -- Expanding organ supply -- Liver allocation andthe 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? |