Medical Governance

Author: David L. Weimer
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1589016319
Category: Medical

Medical Governance: Values, Expertise, and Interests in Organ Transplantation (American Governance and Public Policy series)

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In the United States, despite the absence of universal health insurance, these decisions have great influence on the practice of medicine. In Medical Governance, David Weimer explores an alternative regulatory approach to medical care based on the delegation of decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations. He investigates the specific development of rules for the U.S. organ transplant system and details the conversion of a voluntary network of transplant centers to one private rulemaker: the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). As the ca Get Medical Governance our bestseller medical books.

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In the United States, despite the absence of universal health insurance, these decisions have great influence on the practice of medicine. In Medical Governance, David Weimer explores an alternative regulatory approach to medical care based on the delegation of decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations. He investigates the specific development of rules for the U.S As the ca

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