Tissue and Cell Donation: An Essential Guide

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 examplesMultidisciplinary, multi–national team of editors and contributors, with expertise in ethics, consent, transplantation, microbiology and tissue and cell bankingProvides 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.

Spis treści:
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: T he Medical Examiner, the Coroner, the Hospital Pathologist, and the Funeral Director (Charles V. Wetli, Diego Ponzin, Christopher Womack, and George McCann).
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.

Nota biograficzna:
Ruth M. Warwick, MB, ChB, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Specialist for Tissue Services, NHSBT
Tissue Services
Edgware, Middlesex, UK
Deirdre Fehily, PhD
Inspector and Technical Expert, Tissues and Cells
National Transplant Centre
Rome, Italy
Scott A. Brubaker, CTBS
Chief Policy Officer, American Association of Tissue Banks
McLean, Virginia, USA
Ted Eastlund, MD
Associate Medical Director
LifeNet Health
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Okładka tylna:
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 examplesMultidisciplinary, multi–national team of editors and contributors, with expertise in ethics, consent, transplantation, microbiology and tissue and cell bankingProvides 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, recipi ents 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.