Organ Transplant Programs
Organ Transplant Programs

Author: Randall B. Williamson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-10

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1437905986

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Media reports in 2005 and 2006 highlighted serious problems at organ transplant programs, calling attention to possible deficits in fed. oversight. Two agencies oversee organ transplant programs: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversees transplant programs that receive Medicare reimbursement, and the Health Resources and Services Admin. oversees the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, which manages the nation's organ allocation system. This report examines: (1) fed. oversight of transplant programs at the time the high-profile cases came to light in 2005 and 2006; and (2) changes that fed. agencies have made or planned since then to strengthen oversight. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.

National Organ Transplants
National Organ Transplants

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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Organ Transplants
Organ Transplants

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13:

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Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation
Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-01-18

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 0309064244

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Non-heart-beating donors (individuals whose deaths are determined by cessation of heart and respiratory function rather than loss of whole brain function) could potentially be of major importance in reducing the gap between the demand for and available supply of organs for transplantation. Prompted by questions concerning the medical management of such donorsâ€"specifically, whether interventions undertaken to enhance the supply and quality of potentially transplantable organs (i.e. the use of anticoagulants and vasodilators) were in the best interests of the donor patientâ€"the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asked the Institute of Medicine to examine from scientific and ethical points of view "alternative medical approaches that can be used to maximize the availability of organs from [a] donor [in an end-of-life situation] without violating prevailing ethical norms...." This book examines transplantation supply and demand, historical and modern conceptions of non-heart-beating donors, and organ procurement organizations and transplant program policies, and contains recommendations concerning the principles and ethical issues surrounding the topic.

Organ Transplantation Policy
Organ Transplantation Policy

Author: James F. Blumstein

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780822309390

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Organ transplantation as a high-cost surgical and medical procedure poses an extraordinarily rich and complex set of social, ethical, and policy issues. A June 1988 symposium at Vanderbilt University gathered leaders in a wide variety of fields to synthesize the current state of knowledge concerning organ transplantation policy and to access policy options. Collected here are the revised papers presented at that symposium; also included is one influential earlier paper on the same topic. Together, they constitute a major contribution to the debate on organ transplantation policy and its moral, legal, financial, and political implications.

Many Sleepless Nights
Many Sleepless Nights

Author: Lee Gutkind

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1480471321

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DIVDIVWinner of the American Heart Association’s Howard W. Blakeslee Award for outstanding achievement in scientific journalism: Lee Gutkind’s riveting and groundbreaking account of the science, ethics, and life-changing capacity of organ transplantation/divDIV Over the past six decades, the rapid advances in transplant surgery rank among the most impressive and significant in modern human history. But the procedures, which have an astonishing power to improve or even save lives, are often fraught with an unrivaled level of complexity. Seeking to better understand the world of transplant surgery, Lee Gutkind embedded himself for four years in the University of Pittsburgh’s Presbyterian-University and Children’s Hospitals, one of the largest transplant centers in the world. He got to know the doctors, researchers, patients, and families involved, while also exploring the history of transplantation and the often insoluble ethical quandaries it poses./divDIV Mesmerizing and unforgettable, Many Sleepless Nights depicts with uncanny insight the tremendous effort, suffering, and fortitude of the individuals whose lives have been changed forever by organ transplantation./divDIV/div/div