Xenotransplantation: Scientific Frontiers and Public Policy

ISBN-10: 1573311863
ISBN-13: 9781573311861
Series: Xenotransplantation
Pages: 251
Language: English
Published: 1998
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Authors: Jay Fishman, David H. Sachs, Rashid Shaikh

Description

This volume addresses critical issues in xenotransplantation, providing open and non-partisan discussion of related scientific and policy questions. Three areas covered are: 1) international, collaborative, multidisciplinary research in xenotransplantation; 2) the practical applications of such research; and 3) comparative socioeconomic analysis, risk assessment and public policy evaluation of transplantation technologies. The authors include specialiasts on monitoring, economics, ethics, law and policy from a number of countries. It is hoped that this volume will open a new international dialogue of the regulatory aspects of xenotransplantation.