• 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.

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