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The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Organ Donation Recital Organ donation is perhaps not a major financial topic, but it's a major consideration that does have some financial aspects to it. Take a few minutes to learn a little more and give it some thought. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Donate Organs, Save Money Donating organs is an easier decision than you might think. By donating a body, there's usually no need to buy a casket or cemetery plot, or to pay for cremation. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Donate Organs, Save Money Do the right thing -- for humanity and your heirs' wallets. |
Nursing Management June 2012 Atwood et al. |
Organ Donor Considerations Many nurse managers are familiar with the organ donation protocols used in their medical facility, but most are unaware of the legal framework under which organ donation is conducted and the complex network of government and private agencies that support organ procurement and transplantation. |
Salon.com December 8, 2000 Jenna Glatzer |
A genetic death sentence Doctors routinely deny heart transplants to the mentally retarded... |
CRM May 2012 Judith Aquino |
Vermont Gets a Boost in Organ Donor Registrants Social Life helps state harness the power of social media. |
Reason May 2008 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Free Ride Vermont State Representatives have introduced a controversial bill offering to wave the driver's license renewal fees of residents who become organ donors. |
Managed Care December 2004 Michael S. Victoroff |
The Organ Trail: Matching Supply, Demand You can buy just about anything on the Internet these days -- including lifesaving body parts. Where do we draw the line? |
Reason June 2008 Kerry Howley |
Kidneys for Sale The Iranians have managed to do something American policy makers have long thought impossible: They've found kidneys for every single citizen in need. |
BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Arlene Weintraub |
Side of Valves, Hold the Bacon Someday, organs from pigs may save human lives. But solving the genetic engineering problems is turning out to be tricky. |
American Journal of Nursing May 2011 Beach et al. |
Organ Donation After Circulatory Death: Vital Partnerships The case of a woman in her mid-50's who sustained extensive brain injury in an accident but wasn't declared brain dead. |
Reason March 2007 Kerry Howley |
Who Owns Your Body Parts? In the U.S., demand for human tissue has never been higher, and human remains have never been more valuable. Everyone's making money in the market for body tissue -- except the donors. |
Wired March 2003 Jennifer Kahn |
Stripped for Parts Organ transplants are a brutal business. Just ask the donors. Our reporter spends a dark night with the living dead. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 28, 2011 Dennis Fisher |
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants Business researchers at Harvard and MIT are rethinking how kidney transplants are allocated to give patients longer lives. |
Scientific American February 2007 Marguerite Holloway |
Graft and Host, Together Forever Thomas E. Starzl pioneered organ transplantation with antirejection drugs, an approach he hopes to end through a phenomenon called microchimerism |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Evan Niu |
Steve Jobs: Tribute to a Visionary The world honors the passing of Apple's co-founder. |
Managed Care May 2002 Marlene Piturro |
Wearing Black Hats ... Again Simplistic, for sure. But a movie pitting a man with modest income against the big bad managed care plan has drawn attention to the enormous cost of transplants and the difficulty of matching organs and recipients |
Salon.com August 25, 2000 Jay Dixit |
Designer eggs This month a panel of medical experts responded to a Web pornographer who tried to auction supermodel eggs. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Face Transplants 101 As the name suggests, face transplants are procedures wherein some or all of a patient's face is replaced. The reason for a transplant could be facial trauma, burns, diseases, or birth defects. |
Popular Mechanics January 28, 2010 Cassie Rodenberg |
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection About 77 organ transplants are performed each day in the U.S., and more than 101,000 people are on a wait list for body parts such as hearts, skin and veins, according to the Mayo Clinic. |
AFP eWire September 7, 2010 |
Focus on Impact, Not Transactions, for Better Donation Pages A well-crafted page will help seal the deal; one that focuses solely on the transaction will be transparent and uninspiring. |
AFP eWire July 20, 2010 |
Selling Cars and Selling Your Cause Many nonprofits today are still asking for donations as if they were selling a Model T, even as donors have grown far more discerning in the face of a barrage of appeals. |
Reason February 2009 Cheryl Miller |
Who's Your Daddy? Children of sperm donors are seeking more information about their once-anonymous fathers, sometimes at the risk of the fertility industry itself. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 30, 2006 Manda Salls |
Looking Behind Bad Decisions Harvard professor Max Bazerman explores how psychological science helps explain how leaders' decision making is influenced by such forces as parochialism, nationalism, and dysfunctional competition, while also providing tools that foster rational decision making. |
Fast Company May 2008 D. & C. Heath |
Get Laziness on Your Side How to sway people's decisions with the gentlest of nudges. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 Bruce Einhorn |
The Rush To Test Drugs In China Despite ethical concerns, Big Pharma is recruiting more patients for clinical trials in China. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2007 Tim Beyers |
How to Buy a Home With $500 You're never too young to get rich. By saving and investing you can be on your way to financial security. |
ifeminists November 10, 2004 Bettina Arndt |
Spermwars There are children being created in Australia today via the internet, chosen by mothers who scan sperm donors' ads for the biological father for their child. |