Author: Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation&n
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: action, opportunities, donation, organ
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 2006-08-25
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 030910114X
ISBN-13: 9780309101141

Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or intestine). "Organ Donation" examines a wide range of proposals to increase organ donation, including policies that presume consent for donation as well as the use of financial incentives such as direct payments, coverage of funeral expenses, and charitable contributions. This book urges federal agencies, nonprofit groups, and others to boost opportunities for people to record their decisions to donate, strengt

Author: M.D. Myles Edwin Lee
Publisher: IUniverse
Keywords: donation
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-12-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0595465196
ISBN-13: 9780595465194

The Donation is a medical thriller that dramatizes the shortage of organs available for transplantation. It asks what if organ donation became a choice as a means of means of execution for prisoners on death row? How would it affect the donor pool? Would prisoners realize one last chance for redemption, to give something back to society? And what about the physicians who find themselves cast in the role of executioners as they convert executions into surgical procedures, against the guidelines of the American Medical Association and their own Hippocratic oath that urges them to do no harm? A

Author: Mark V. Sauer
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: donation, embryo, oocyte, principles
Number of Pages: 367
Published: 1998-05-15
List price: $171.00
ISBN-10: 0387949607
ISBN-13: 9780387949604

Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation is the definitive textbook on the medical, surgical, legal, and ethical aspects of establishing and maintaining an office-based egg donation program. The editor has assembled an international list of authors with known expertise in this rapidly expanding field. Comphrensive, yet practical, chapters include: * indications and success rates * screening and demographics of recipients and donors * preparation of the endometrium * synchronization of cycles * obstetrical outcomes * risks and complications * gestational carriers * consents and contrac

Author: Irene Celcer
Publisher: Graphite Press
Keywords: sperm, donation, gift, baby, amp, hope
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0975581031
ISBN-13: 9780975581032

Follow an inquisitive little boy who learns of his parents’ quest to have children, and the success they ultimately achieve in creating a family. Told in a language a child can understand, read the tale of how mom and dad met, fell in love, and ultimately built a family. This story on the gift of sperm donation is part of a book collection that brings to light the many reproductive options of family building. Come and celebrate the unique gift couples can receive on their way to becoming a family. --Full Color with Illustrations. --Ages 3-7. About the Hope & Wi

Author: Corona Brezina
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Grou
Keywords: research, news, rewards, risks, donation, organ
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 1435852753
ISBN-13: 9781435852754

Authors:Elen Sarasohn Glazer, Evelina Weidman Sterling,
Publisher: Perspectives Press (IN)
Keywords: donation, egg, baby, having
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2005-04
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0944934323
ISBN-13: 9780944934326

Author: Cynthia B. Cohen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: donation, medical, ethics, egg, case, ways, making, babies, new
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1996-09-01
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 0253330580
ISBN-13: 9780253330581

"... extremely valuable. [This book] addresses exactly the right questions in a balanced, nuanced way." -- Journal of the American Medical Association"Cohen’s book is a major contribution to the literature of the inevitable." -- Medical Humanities Review"This book provides readers with an insightful overview of the practice of oocyte donation, the broader issues raised by this innovative yet problematic technology and, given the recommendations of NABER, how these issues mights be resolved.... Well written, structured, researched, and thought-provoking, this book makes a timely, importan