New Issue of American Journal of Transplantation is Now Available

January 5, 2009

American Journal of Transplantation (Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2009) is now available.

Articles Include:

• “News and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation” by Sue Pondrom, 1-2.
• “Transplantation Oversight—Finding the Right Balance Between the Layperson, the Transplant Professional and the Regulator” by G.B. G. Klintmalm and M.M. I. Abecassis, 5-6.
• “Allocation or Rationing—Word Choice Is Crucial” by A. J. Matas, 9-10.
• “Nine Things You Might Not Say or Hear in Transplantation ” by J. S. Bromberg and P. F. Halloran, 11-13.
• “Transplantation Risks and the Real World: What Does ‘High Risk’ Really Mean?” by R. B. Freeman and J. T. Cohen, 23-30.
• “The Evolution and Direction of OPTN Oversight of Live Organ Donation and Transplantation in the United States ” by R. S. Brown, Jr, R. Higgins, and T. L Pruett, 31-34.

Book Reviews Include:

• “Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects—Towards a Common European Policy edited by W. Weimar, M. A. Bos, and J. J. Busschbach” by James S. Taylor, 241.