The global organ shortage [electronic resource] : economic causes, human consequences, policy responses / T. Randolph Beard, David Kaserman, and Rigmar Osterkamp ; with a foreword by Friedrich Breyer.
Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, 2013.Description: xvi, 242 p. : illISBN:- 9780804784092 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780804784641 (e-book)
- 362.17/83 23
- RD129.5 .B43 2012eb
eBooks
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 -- Donor reaction to compensation and a proposal for a public monopsony for organ acquisition.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.