Organ donation : opportunities for action / Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; James F. Childress and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2006. - 339 p. : ill.

Trends and patterns -- Perspectives and principles -- Systems to support organ donation -- Expanding the population of potential donors -- Promoting and facilitating individual and family decisions to donate -- Presumed consent -- Incentives for deceased donation -- Ethical considerations in living donation -- Opportunities for action.

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Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Tissue and Organ Procurement--organization & administration--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
Tissue Donors--supply & distribution--United States.
Transplants--supply & distribution--United States.

RD129.5 / I59 O 2006