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Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or intestine). Organ Donation examines a wide range of proposals to increase organ donation, including policies that...

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Körperschaft: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation
Weitere Verfasser: Childress, James F., Liverman, Catharyn T.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
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Zusammenfassung:Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or intestine). Organ Donation examines a wide range of proposals to increase organ donation, including policies that presume consent for donation as well as the use of financial incentives such as direct payments, coverage of funeral expenses, and charitable contributions. This book urges federal agencies, nonprofit groups, and others to boost opportunities for people to record their decisions to donate, strengthen efforts to educate the public about the benefits of organ donation, and continue to improve donation systems. Organ Donation also supports initiatives to increase donations from people whose deaths are the result of irreversible cardiac failure. This book emphasizes that all members of society have a stake in an adequate supply of organs for patients in need, because each individual is a potential recipient as well as a potential donor.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 339 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0309657334
9780309657334
128056749X
9781280567490
9786610567492
6610567492
0309164648
9780309164641

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