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.
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