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• catalog abstract "There are more than fifteen thousand human organ transplants performed annually in the United States, and each year demand increases, outstripping the medical industry's ability to supply organs. Faced with this relative scarcity, policy makers and health care professionals are forced to question the basic policies of organ procurement. For example, should organ procurement continue to rely on voluntary donations? And are there organizational and policy solutions that could alleviate the continuing shortage of human organs? The Most Useful Gift, written for health care managers and policy makers, is the first comprehensive guide to understanding the challenges human organ procurement professionals face. In it, Jeffrey Prottas explains the organizational, technological, and social dynamics that make organ transplantation possible, and he offers specific suggestions on how to improve organ procurement and deal with the natural shortage of available human organs. By tracing the progress of the field from its beginning, Prottas shows how organ procurement organizations (OPOs) have improved the delivery and efficiency of transplantation to the point where the average OPO today is more effective at procuring organs than the top 10 percent were in 1982. Prottas explains which organizational innovations hold the best potential for increasing the supply of human organs. He shows how health care managers can increase the number of potential donors by making OPOs responsible for organ referrals, thereby avoiding the bottleneck effect that arises when doctors and nurses are chiefly responsible. And finally, by examining the ethical issues that arise in the face of a limited organ supply, Prottas explores the numerous challenges policy makers and health care professionals must address and stresses the need for sound government policy and public funding to allay doctor and patient concerns about adequate treatment and equal access.".
• catalog contributor b6233932.
• catalog coverage "United States".
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "By tracing the progress of the field from its beginning, Prottas shows how organ procurement organizations (OPOs) have improved the delivery and efficiency of transplantation to the point where the average OPO today is more effective at procuring organs than the top 10 percent were in 1982. Prottas explains which organizational innovations hold the best potential for increasing the supply of human organs. He shows how health care managers can increase the number of potential donors by making OPOs responsible for organ referrals, thereby avoiding the bottleneck effect that arises when doctors and nurses are chiefly responsible. And finally, by examining the ethical issues that arise in the face of a limited organ supply, Prottas explores the numerous challenges policy makers and health care professionals must address and stresses the need for sound government policy and public funding to allay doctor and patient concerns about adequate treatment and equal access.".
• catalog description "Foreword / Richard C. Leone -- 1. Foundations of Transplantation -- 2. The Organ Procurement System -- 3. The Public and Organ Donation -- 4. Medical Professionals and Organ Procurement -- 5. The Ethics and Politics of Distribution -- 6. Transplantation and Public Policy.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178) and index.".
• catalog description "There are more than fifteen thousand human organ transplants performed annually in the United States, and each year demand increases, outstripping the medical industry's ability to supply organs. Faced with this relative scarcity, policy makers and health care professionals are forced to question the basic policies of organ procurement. For example, should organ procurement continue to rely on voluntary donations? And are there organizational and policy solutions that could alleviate the continuing shortage of human organs? The Most Useful Gift, written for health care managers and policy makers, is the first comprehensive guide to understanding the challenges human organ procurement professionals face. In it, Jeffrey Prottas explains the organizational, technological, and social dynamics that make organ transplantation possible, and he offers specific suggestions on how to improve organ procurement and deal with the natural shortage of available human organs.".
• catalog extent "xxiii, 185 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Most useful gift.".
• catalog identifier "1555426441 (recycled paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Most useful gift.".
• catalog isPartOf "The Jossey-Bass health series".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "San Francisco ; Jossey-Bass Publishers,".
• catalog relation "Most useful gift.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "1994 G-142".
• catalog subject "362.1/783 20".
• catalog subject "Altruism United States.".
• catalog subject "Altruism.".
• catalog subject "Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Government policy United States.".
• catalog subject "Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Social aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Organ Transplantation United States.".
• catalog subject "Organ Transplantation.".
• catalog subject "Public Policy United States.".
• catalog subject "Public Policy".
• catalog subject "RD129.5 .P76 1994".
• catalog subject "Tissue and Organ Procurement United States.".
• catalog subject "Tissue and Organ Procurement".
• catalog subject "Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Government policy United States.".
• catalog subject "Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Social aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "WO 660 P961m 1994".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Richard C. Leone -- 1. Foundations of Transplantation -- 2. The Organ Procurement System -- 3. The Public and Organ Donation -- 4. Medical Professionals and Organ Procurement -- 5. The Ethics and Politics of Distribution -- 6. Transplantation and Public Policy.".
• catalog title "The most useful gift : altruism and the public policy of organ transplants / Jeffrey Prottas ; foreword by Richard C. Leone.".
• catalog type "text".