LEADER 02870nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910785052003321 005 20240125001122.0 010 $a1-58901-682-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000030245 035 $a(EBL)547830 035 $a(OCoLC)648711591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000459187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11318640 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10460794 035 $a(PQKB)10303132 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547830 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547830 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10461050 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000030245 100 $a20090615d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMedical governance$b[electronic resource] $evalues, expertise, and interests in organ transplantation /$fDavid L. Weimer 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican governance and public policy series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-631-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMedical 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? 330 $aGovernments throughout the industrialized world make decisions that fundamentally affect the quality and accessibility of medical care. In the United States, despite the absence of universal health insurance, these decisions have great influence on the practice of medicine. In Medical Governance, David Weimer explores an alternative regulatory approach to medical care based on the delegation of decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations. He investigates the specific development of rules for the U.S. organ transplant system and details the conv 410 0$aAmerican governance and public policy. 606 $aProcurement of organs, tissues, etc$zUnited States 606 $aTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc$zUnited States 615 0$aProcurement of organs, tissues, etc. 615 0$aTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc. 676 $a617.9/54 700 $aWeimer$b David L$089026 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785052003321 996 $aMedical governance$93787030 997 $aUNINA