- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804784092
- eISBN:
- 9780804784641
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804784092.003.0003
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
This chapter examines the current state of the global organ procurement system and discusses the most direct consequence of the organ shortage: transplant waiting lists. It analyzes waiting list ...
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This chapter examines the current state of the global organ procurement system and discusses the most direct consequence of the organ shortage: transplant waiting lists. It analyzes waiting list dynamics and the situations both in and outside the United States. It examines the secondary effects of the shortage and analyzes the increased reliance on living donors and the rising use of marginal donors. A third “secondary consequence”—the black market for kidneys—which is considered an especially dire effect of waiting lists, is treated at some length. Finally, the chapter reviews the future prospects for the global organ shortage.Less
This chapter examines the current state of the global organ procurement system and discusses the most direct consequence of the organ shortage: transplant waiting lists. It analyzes waiting list dynamics and the situations both in and outside the United States. It examines the secondary effects of the shortage and analyzes the increased reliance on living donors and the rising use of marginal donors. A third “secondary consequence”—the black market for kidneys—which is considered an especially dire effect of waiting lists, is treated at some length. Finally, the chapter reviews the future prospects for the global organ shortage.
