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020			_z9781626165434 _q(hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9781626165441 _q(pbk. : alk. paper)
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aRD129.5 _b.F58 2018
100	1		_aFlescher, Andrew Michael, _d1969- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe organ shortage crisis in America : _bincentives, civic duty, and closing the gap / _cAndrew Michael Flescher.
264		1	_aWashington, DC : _bGeorgetown University Press, _c©2018.
300			_a177 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent _btxt
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia _bn
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aNearly 120,000 people are in need of healthy organs in the United States.. Every ten minutes a new name is added to this list, while each day eight people die waiting for an organ to become available. Worse, the gap between those in need of an organ and the number of available donors is growing: our traditional reliance on cadaveric organ donation is insufficient, and in recent years there has been a decline in the number of living donors as well as in the percentage of living donors relative to overall kidney donors. Some transplant surgeons and policy advocates suggest a market solution and legalizing the sale of organs, Andrew Michael Flescher objects to this approach, citing concerns about social justice, commodification, and patient safety. Given that, what is the most efficacious means of attracting prospective living kidney donors? Flescher, drawing on scores of interviews with donors and patients, suggests that inculcating a sense of altruism and civic duty is a more effective means of increasing donor participation than purely financial incentives. He encourages individuals to spend time with patients on dialysis, advocating donor "chains" in order to facilitate relationships between donors and recipients, and creating sacred spaces in hospitals such as a "wall of heroes" to recognize those who sacrifice their body parts for others.
650		0	_aDonation of organs, tissues, etc. _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDonation of organs, tissues, etc. _xMoral and ethical aspects.
655		0	_2local _94 _aPrint books.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aFlescher, Andrew Michael, 1969- author. _tOrgan shortage crisis in America _dWashington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2018 _z9781626165441 _w(DLC) 2017026296
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