02867nam 2200577 a 450 991081401390332120240508100354.01-58901-682-3(CKB)2670000000030245(EBL)547830(OCoLC)648711591(SSID)ssj0000459187(PQKBManifestationID)11318640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459187(PQKBWorkID)10460794(PQKB)10303132(MdBmJHUP)muse3297(MiAaPQ)EBC547830(Au-PeEL)EBL547830(CaPaEBR)ebr10461050(EXLCZ)99267000000003024520090615d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical governance values, expertise, and interests in organ transplantation /David L. Weimer1st ed.Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20101 online resource (231 p.)American governance and public policy seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-631-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Medical governance : important but neglected -- Balancing values, expertise, and interests -- The organ procurement and transplantation network -- Expanding organ supply -- Liver allocation and the final rule -- Incremental response to racial disparity in kidney allocation -- The kidney allocation review : can the OPTN make nonincremental change? -- How and how well does the OPTN govern? -- Is the OPTN a viable and desirable model in other medical contexts?Governments throughout the industrialized world make decisions that fundamentally affect the quality and accessibility of medical care. In the United States, despite the absence of universal health insurance, these decisions have great influence on the practice of medicine. In Medical Governance, David Weimer explores an alternative regulatory approach to medical care based on the delegation of decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations. He investigates the specific development of rules for the U.S. organ transplant system and details the convAmerican governance and public policy.Procurement of organs, tissues, etcUnited StatesTransplantation of organs, tissues, etcUnited StatesProcurement of organs, tissues, etc.Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.617.9/54Weimer David L89026MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814013903321Medical governance3991448UNINA