...Richard Schwindt; Aidan R. Vining Improvements in surgical procedures and immunosuppressive practices have greatly increased the range and success rate of organ transplants. Unfortunately, supply does not meet demand, and demand is increasing. This paper documents the current level of unsatisfied...

...Richard Schwindt; Aidan Vining Over the past decade there have been numerous proposals to use market system incentives to attenuate the persistent shortage of transplantable human organs. While shortages have grown, opposition to market-based solutions has remained adamant. Much of the opposition...

...Nurit Guttman; Tamar Ashkenazi; Anat Gesser-Edelsburg; Vered Seidmann A new policy recently enacted in Israel promises preferred status in receiving organs for transplantation to individuals who register to be organ donors and to their close family members. Proponents believe it will increase...

...Lara Rosen; Aidan R. Vining; David L. Weimer Transplantation is generally the treatment of choice for those suffering from kidney failure. Not only does transplantation offer improved quality of life and increased longevity relative to dialysis, it also reduces end-stage renal disease program...

.... The first is unacceptable in the Western world. The second is fraught with constitutional and ethical problems, and may not lead to more kidney procurement. Copyright © 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1981 Kidneys for Transplantation Robert L. Steinbrook, University...

.... This article examines patient selection for heart transplantation, in light of the Rehabilitation Act and its previous application in similar (but non-medical) contexts. With the growing need to allocate scarce medical resources comes a need to examine carefully the legal bounds for patient-selection...

...Jacquelyn A. Burkell; Jennifer A. Chandler; Sam D. Shemie Abstract Many of those who support organ donation do not register to become organ donors. The use of reciprocity systems, under which some degree of priority is offered to registered donors who require an organ transplant, is one suggestion...

...Frank A. Sloan; May W. Shayne; Marilyn D. Doyle This paper explores issues in the designation of centers to provide organ transplantation procedures and aftercare, a decision faced increasingly by policymakers, planners, and payers. As background for consideration of the regionalization of organ...

...Peter H. Schuck This paper examines the role of the federal and state governments in paying for organ transplants. The first section, descriptive in nature, presents data on the past, current, and projected payment patterns for different kinds of organ transplants under various federal and state...

...Richard A. Rettig This paper reviews the historical development of federal government policy for kidney, heart, and liver transplantation. It examines several political dimensions of whole organ transplantation: the role of the print and broadcast media; the management of organ procurement...

...James F. Blumstein This paper initially considers ways of thinking about organ transplantation: Should it be treated as a catastrophic disease or as an ordinary and accepted medical procedure? The analysis then shifts to the role the government has played in influencing organ transplantation policy...

... for a determination of their effectiveness before society moves to other major alternatives, such as a market. In organ allocation and distribution, which have close moral connections with organ procurement, the author defends the judgment of the federal Task Force on Organ Transplantation that the community should...

...Roy G. Spece, Jr. Tom Koch. Scarce Goods: Justice, Fairness, and Organ Transplantation. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. 250 pp. $25.00 paper. © 2003 by Duke University Press 2003 Books Jodi Halpern. From Detached Concern to Empathy...

...Raymond L. Horton; Patricia J. Horton The United States currently relies on a voluntary, altruistic system for supplying organs for transplantation. It is now generally recognized that this system, as currently operated, produces a seriously inadequate supply of organs. A number of scholars have...

...David L. Weimer The allocation of cadaveric organs for transplantation in the United States is governed by a process of private regulation. Through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), stakeholders and public representatives determine the substantive content of allocation rules...

... on Transplantation. 1989 . An Assessment of Public Initiative Promoting Organ/Tissue Donation and Transplantation. Washington, DC: Health Resources and Services Administration. Batten , H. L. , and J. Prottas. 1987 . Kind Strangers: The Families of Organ Donors. Health Affairs 6 ( 2 ): 35 -47...

...Jeffrey M. Prottas In the last ten years there has grown up, in the United States, the most extensive organ procurement system in the world. This system, consisting of approximately 120 organ procurement agencies, retrieved 4435 cadaveric kidneys for transplant purposes in 1981. The nation's organ...

...Arthur J. Matas; John Arras; James Muyskens; Vivian Tellis; Frank J. Veith In order to alleviate the shortage of vital organs for transplant, we propose a system of routine removal of cadaver organs with an option of informed refusal by family. Unless an individual registered an objection during...

...Henry Hansmann In 1984, federal legislation outlawing payment for human organs for transplantation was adopted after only cursory discussion of the underlying policy issues. More considered analysis suggests that this prohibition may be overly broad. It appears possible to design suitably regulated...

... in the United States among policy makers, ethicists, and physicians who treat other patients awaiting transplant. This article examines the creation of the current US lung allocation policy and its impact on outcomes and analyzes the multidimensionality of the ruling. After analyzing the current policy...