Organ donation
Subtitle: opportunities for action
By: Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; James F. Childress and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors.
Contributors: Childress, James F.; Liverman, Catharyn T.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.; Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration -- United States.; Health Policy -- United States.; Tissue Donors -- supply & distribution -- United States.; Transplants -- supply & distribution -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

This study was supported by Award no. HHSH23457010 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Table of contents: title: Trends and patterns; title: Perspectives and principles; title: Systems to support organ donation; title: Expanding the population of potential donors; title: Promoting and facilitating individual and family decisions to donate; title: Presumed consent; title: Incentives for deceased donation; title: Ethical considerations in living donation; title: Opportunities for action.