Tissue and Cell Donation (eBook)

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

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 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.

"It is an authoritative guide for interested lay persons and
generalist medical and science writers" (The Royal College of
Pathologists, October 2009)

"I found this book to be an exceptional resource that brings
insight to many complex areas of interest in tissue and cell
donation. It is a 'must have' for all who work in the area of
tissue and cell banking." (Progress in Tranplantation, July
2010)