Tissue and Cell Donation: An Essential Guide

by Editor: Ruth M. Warwick (National Blood Service); Editor: Deirdre Fehily (National Transport Center, Italy); Editor: Scott A. Brubaker (American Association of Tissue Banks); Editor: Ted Eastlund (University of Minnesota Medical School); Foreword

• ISBN13: 9781444306279
• ISBN10: 1444306278
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This is the guide to tissue and cell donation that you have been waiting for. Policies and practices reviewed using specific donor case histories as examples Multidisciplinary, multi-national team of editors and contributors, with expertise in ethics, consent, transplantation, microbiology and tissue and cell banking Provides a guide to easier and safer practice in referrals, tissue procurement, cord blood collection and decision making in generalThis unique book explores a range of issues related to the human impact of tissue and cell donation programmes around the world. It addresses the areas that are of key concern and have profound implications for the donors, recipients and healthcare professionals involved. Focusing on tissue, assisted reproduction and hematopoietic stem cells this book is essential reading for all those working in the field of human transplant donation and those who regulate this field.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Histories of Tissue Banking

Recruitment for Tissue Donation

The Donor Family Dimension of Tissue and Cell Donation

Consent

Gathering Donor History: Ensuring Safe Tissues for Transplant

The Role of Testing in Determining Suitability of Donors and Tissues

The Management of Donor Test Results

Case Studies from Diverse Cultural, Religious, and Economic Situations

Facilitating Donation - The Role of Key Stakeholders: The Medical Examiner, the Coroner, the Hospital Pathologist, and the Funeral Director

Staff Development and Support in Roles Associated with Deceased Donation

Ethical Issues in Unrelated Cord Blood and Bone Marrow Donation

Ethical and Consent Issues in the Reproductive Setting: The Case of Egg, Sperm, and Embryo Donation

Clinical Governance in Cell and Tissue Banking

Index

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