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
general
This 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 Content
Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
1. Histories of Tissue Banking (Naomi Pfeffer).
2. Recruitment for Tissue Donation (Martha W. Anderson and
Esteve Trias).
3. The Donor Family Dimension of Tissue and Cell Donation
(Robin Cowherd and Jane Pearson).
4. Consent (Annette Rid and Lisa Dinhofer).
5. Gathering Donor History: Ensuring Safe Tissues for Transplant
(Blanca Miranda, Alessandro Nanni Costa, Jacinto
Sánchez-Ibáñez, and Eliana Porta).
6. The Role of Testing in Determining Suitability of Donors and
Tissues (Paolo Grossi and Michael Strong).
7. The Management of Donor Test Results (Patricia Hewitt,
Chris Moore, and David M. Smith).
8. Case Studies from Diverse Cultural, Religious, and Economic
Situations (Aziz Nather, Li Baoxing, Muhammed Cassim, Hamid Reza
Aghayan, Arieh Eldad, and Ján Koller).
9. Facilitating Donation – The Role of Key Stakeholders:
The Medical Examiner, the Coroner, the Hospital Pathologist, and
the Funeral Director (Charles V. Wetli, Diego Ponzin,
Christopher Womack, and George Mc Cann).
10. Staff Development and Support in Roles Associated with
Deceased Donation (Riva Miller and Pamela Albert).
11. Ethical Issues in Unrelated Cord Blood and Bone Marrow
Donation (Sally Gordon, Dorothy E. Vawter, and Jeremy
Chapman).
12. Ethical and Consent Issues in the Reproductive Setting: The
Case of Egg, Sperm, and Embryo Donation (Sarah Franklin and
Sharon R. Kaufman).
13. Clinical Governance in Cell and Tissue Banking (Elaine
Swanson, William Randell, and Danielle B. Freedman).
Index.
About the author
Ruth M. Warwick, MB, Ch B, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Specialist for Tissue Services, NHSBT
Tissue Services
Edgware, Middlesex, UK
Deirdre Fehily, Ph D
Inspector and Technical Expert, Tissues and Cells
National Transplant Centre
Rome, Italy
Scott A. Brubaker, CTBS
Chief Policy Officer, American Association of Tissue Banks
Mc Lean, Virginia, USA
Ted Eastlund, MD
Associate Medical Director
Life Net Health
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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