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The Business of Saving Lives. Organ Donation at OneLegacy in Southern California

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Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage

Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine ((LIME,volume 59))

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The LMU Center for Advanced Studies in Munich has chosen to investigate the challenge of the shortage of organ donors for life-saving transplants in Germany and world-wide; a topic that is ideal for a multi-disciplinary program since it requires an understanding of the roles of biology, medicine, psychology, sociology, communication, ethics, economics and organizational management. Transplantation is also a very timely topic due to immediate challenges taking place in the German transplant community that have resulted in decreases in donation and subsequent increase in waiting time and deaths on German waitlists. This review of the challenges, successes, principles, and interventions employed to dramatically improve donation in Southern California will ideally provide models of organization and operation that transcend political and cultural variances and can help improve donation and transplantation in Germany and elsewhere.

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Mone, T. (2016). The Business of Saving Lives. Organ Donation at OneLegacy in Southern California. In: Jox, R., Assadi, G., Marckmann, G. (eds) Organ Transplantation in Times of Donor Shortage. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 59. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16441-0_27

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