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Hospital development and the performance of organ procurement organizations
Journal of Transplant Coordination, 1998With more than 56,000 patients on the national waiting list for organ transplants and relatively little growth in the number of donors, organ procurement organizations now recognize the need to aggressively market their services and the range of donor procurement opportunities to hospital personnel. This study examines the types and levels of hospital
James W. Begun +2 more
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Advancing the Case for Organ Procurement
The American Journal of Bioethics, 2009James Delaney and David Hershenov (2009) make a compelling case for the conclusion that it is morally permissible to procure organs from the deceased without prior consent; although they prudently ...
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The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement*
Law & Policy, 1990This paper presents an economic analysis of the organ procurement system in the U.S. and examines proposals to alleviate the shortage of transplantable organs. The paper's principal conclusions are: (1) Although non‐market solutions deserve the highest priority, demand increases fueled by improvements in transplant technology will probably make some ...
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Inefficiency in Cadaveric Organ Procurement
Southern Economic Journal, 2006The shortage of cadaveric human organs made available for transplantation has reached critical proportions and is now causing over 6000 deaths each year in the United States alone. Economically, this shortage appears to stem from at least two principal underlying causes, both of which are attributable to the 1984 National Organ Transplant Act: (i) a ...
Richard P. Saba +2 more
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Regional procurement team for abdominal organs
Transplantation Proceedings, 2004The graft shortages make multiorgan procurements mandatory. We describe the results of a regional procurement team policy that has been employed over a 5-year period.Three hundred forty-three multiorgan procurements were performed by a regional team using an en bloc harvesting method.Among 1374 grafts procured, none was discarded because of iatrogenic ...
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The emergence of “personhood” in organ procurement
Transplantation Reviews, 2008This article begins and ends with an account of the actions of one person. I propose that such heroics are rooted in an instinctual recognition of "personhood" as it emerges from a particular human "other." I propose that heroism grounded in the recognition of "personhood" is descriptive of those acts of organ donation that are founded on free will ...
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Organ procurement organization (OPO), best practices
Clinical Transplantation, 2001There are currently 59 organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the United States which serve their assigned geographic areas with variable productivity. Knowledge of organizational characteristics, programs and practices of more successful OPOs may be useful to increase the productivity of less successful OPOs.
R. R. Bollinger +5 more
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2008
Background: After external and internal organ cooling and preservation, the first thoracic organs are procured. During lung retrieval, the anaesthetist must be present in the OR. Procured organs are packed according to the international or national rules and put on ice in special transport boxes.
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Background: After external and internal organ cooling and preservation, the first thoracic organs are procured. During lung retrieval, the anaesthetist must be present in the OR. Procured organs are packed according to the international or national rules and put on ice in special transport boxes.
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JAMA, 1993
... One is struck by the high level of organ procurement charges in spite of the characterization of organ procurement as altruistic. Although the median organ procurement charges in 1988, documented by Evans, ranged from nearly $16,000 to nearly $21,000 (1991 dollars), there was not a penny for the accident victim's/organ donor's family.
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... One is struck by the high level of organ procurement charges in spite of the characterization of organ procurement as altruistic. Although the median organ procurement charges in 1988, documented by Evans, ranged from nearly $16,000 to nearly $21,000 (1991 dollars), there was not a penny for the accident victim's/organ donor's family.
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A role for physician assistants in organ procurement
Progress in Transplantation, 2001Healthcare in the United States, as well as the environment in which physician assistants work, is rapidly changing. Consequently, the role of a physician assistant is expanding to meet the needs of patients and physicians of all specialties of medicine and surgery.
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