A new basis for allocating livers for transplant

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-80

  Veatch, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LIVER; ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; POLITICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TIME; UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034154909     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Burdick, James F.; Turcotte, Jeremiah G.; and Veatch, Robert M. 1992. General Principles for Allocating Human Organs and Tissues. Transplantation Proceedings 24: 2226-35.
2. Edwards, Erick B.; Roberts, John P.; McBride, Maureen A.; et al. 1999. The Effect of the Volume of Procedures at Transplantation Centers on Mortality after Liver Transplantation. New England Journal of Medicine 341: 2049-53.
3. IOM. Institute of Medicine, Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy. 1999. Organ Procurement and Transplantation: Assessing Current Policies and the Potential Impact of the DHHS Final Rule. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
4. UNOS. 1999. UNOS Refines Liver Allocation Policy: Broader Access for Most Urgent Patients Balanced with Outcome, Other Needs. Press release. UNOS Policies. 3.6, 25 June 1999, available on the Internet at: www.unos.org.
5. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. 1999. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; Final Rule. Federal Register 42 CFR Part 121, (20 October): 5650-61.