Realizing the promise of equity in the organ transplantation system

Each year, the individuals and organizations in the U.S. organ donation, procurement, allocation, and distribution system work together to provide transplants to many thousands of people, but thousands more die before getting a transplant due to the ongoing shortage of deceased donor organs and ineq...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee on a Fairer and More Equitable, Cost-Effective, and Transparent System of Donor Organ Procurement, Allocation, and Distribution
Other Authors: Kizer, Kenneth W. (Editor), English, Rebecca A. (Editor), Hackmann, Meredith (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC National Academies Press 2022, [2022]
Series:Consensus study report
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Each year, the individuals and organizations in the U.S. organ donation, procurement, allocation, and distribution system work together to provide transplants to many thousands of people, but thousands more die before getting a transplant due to the ongoing shortage of deceased donor organs and inequitable access to transplant waiting lists. Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System, a new consensus study report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on A Fairer and More Equitable, Cost-Effective, and Transparent System of Donor Organ Procurement, Allocation, and Distribution, provides expert recommendations to improve fairness, equity, transparency, and cost-effectiveness in the donor organ system
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xxiv, 254 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780309270724
0309270723