The Global Organ Shortage: Economic Causes, Human Consequences, Policy Responses, by T. Randolph Beard, David L. Kaserman and Rigmar Osterkamp. Stanford University Press, 2013
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The Global Organ Shortage: Economic Causes, Human Consequences, Policy Responses was written by three economists.Given that one, David Kaserman, has previously championed incentives for donation, it is not surprising that the authors' conclusion favors incentives.The book starts, ''The organ transplantation policies by the vast majority of the world's nations have failed.''That said, the authors have made a superb attempt to acknowledge and present detailed strengths of arguments both for and against incentives (1-3).Their stated goal is to focus attention on the problem and provoke further discussion of solutions.
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12273
Author: A.J. Matas
Institution: University of Minnesota
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,300
OpenAlex ID: W1984821482