The US organ procurement system : a prescription for reform

XV, 177 S

graph. Darst

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index

Machine generated contents note: 1 INTRODUCTION 12 THE ORGAN SHORTAGE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF A POLICY FAILURE 7 -- The Process of Cadaveric Organ Procurement 9 -- Legal and Institutional Setting 11 -- The Organ Shortage: Fundamentals of Supply -- and Demand 15 -- Causes of the Shortage 28 -- Consequences of the Shortage 31 -- Conclusion 40 -- 3 ALTERNATIVE POLICY PROPOSALS: A SURVEY AND COMPARATIVE -- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 41 -- Organ Procurement Policy Alternatives 42 -- Social Welfare Analysis 55 -- Who Wins and Who Loses? 59 -- Conclusion 63 -- Appendix 3A: An Estimate of the Social -- Welfare Cost of the Kidney Shortage 64 -- 4 ETHICAL AND ECONOMIC OBJECTIONS TO ORGAN MARKETS: -- A CRITICAL EVALUATION 69 -- The Ethics of Alternative Organ Procurement Policies 70 -- The Popular Ethical Arguments against Organ Markets 75 -- Economic Arguments against Organ Markets 79 -- Conclusion 84 -- Appendix 4A: The Literature on Blood Sales 85 -- 5 THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY'S OPPOSITION TO ORGAN MARKETS: -- SOME POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS 89 -- The Economic Motive 92 -- Other Sources of Opposition 96 -- Conclusion 98 -- 6 THE QUESTION OF SUPPLY: SOME PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE 100 -- Organ Supply: The Critical Questions 102 -- The Survey Instrument and Sample 106 -- Empirical Results 111 -- Conclusion 115 -- Appendix 6A: Survey Instrument 116 -- Appendix 6B: Regression Results 119 -- 7 SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW ORGAN MARKETS MIGHT OPERATE 122 -- What Is and Is Not Being Proposed 123 -- Organ Markets versus Compensation 124 -- Marketsfor Cadaveric versus Living-Donor Organs 127 -- Spot versus Futures Markets 129 -- Conclusion 132 -- 8 SUMMARY AND A CALL FOR ACTION 133.

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