The Global Organ Shortage (English, T. Randolph Beard | David L. Kaserman | Rigmar Osterkamp)

About the Book

Although organ transplants provide the best, and often the only, effective therapy for many otherwise fatal conditions, the great benefits of transplantation go largely unrealized because of failures in the organ acquisition process. In the United States, for instance, more than 10,000 people die every year either awaiting transplantation, or as a result of deteriorating health exacerbated by the shortage of organs. Issues pertaining to organ don…

ISBN: 9780804784092