New England Journal of Medicine · 1983 · 31 citations · 0 references
LawHealth LawHealth PolicyOrgan Transplant LawRegulatory ScienceScience PolicyOrgan AllocationOrgan ProcurementOrgan Transplant RegulationNoncommercialization Of Human OrgansProtection Of Third PartiesTransplant Program OversightTransplantation
A review is provided of policy issues concerning organ donation and\norgan transplantation which were raised at hearings held by Rep. Albert Gore,\nchairman of the House Science and Technology Subcommitee on Investigations and\nOversight. The congressional inquiry delved into the status of organ\ntransplantation in the U.S.; inadequacies in the current system for organ\nprocurement; and dilemmas that third-party payers, public and private, face in\ndeciding whether to pay for costly new transplantation procedures. (KIE\nabstract)