PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles and Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• Beasley CL, Blaustein JD. The Partnership for Organ Donation: a strategic approach to solving the organ donor shortage. In: Chapman, Deierhoi, Wight, eds. Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation. Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd.; 1997: Chapter 21.
• Beasley CL, Capossela CL, Brigham LA, et. al. The impact of a comprehensive, hospital-focused intervention to increase organ donation. Journal of Transplant Coordination. 1997; 7(1):6-13.
• Beasley CL, Hull A, Rosenthal T. Living kidney donation: a survey of professional attitudes and practices. The American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 1997; 30(4): 549-558.
• DeJong W, Drachman JD, Gortmaker SL, et al. Options for increasing organ donation: the potential role of financial incentives, standardized hospital procedures, and public education to promote family discussion. The Milbank Quarterly. 1995; 73(3):463-479.
• DeJong W, Franz HG, Wolfe SM, et. al. The organ donation request process: an interview study of donor and non-donor families. Journal of Critical Care. January 1998.
• Evanisko MJ. Readiness of critical care physicians and nurses to handle requests for organ donation. Journal of Critical Care. January 1998.
• Fowler RA, Nichols L, Letourneau BE, Castello P. Estimating the economic impact of an initiative to increase organ donation in a transplant center. Transplantation Proceedings. 1997; 29:3259-3260.
• Franz HG, Drachman JD, DeJong W, et al. Public attitudes toward organ donation: implications for OPO coordinators. Journal of Transplant Coordination. 1995; 5(2):50-54.
• Franz HF, DeJong W, Wolfe S, et. al, Explaining brain death: a critical feature of the donation process. Journal of Transplant Coordination. 1997; 7(1):14-21.
• Garrison RN, Bentley FR, Raque GH, et al. There is an answer to the shortage of organ donors. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics. 1991; 173:391-396.
• Gortmaker SL, Beasley CL, Brigham LE, et al. Organ donor potential and performance: size and nature of the organ donor shortfall. Critical Care Medicine. 1996; 24:432-439.
• McNamara PM, Franz HG, Fowler RF, et. al. Medical Record Review as a measure of the effectiveness of organ procurement practices in the hospital. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 1997; 23(6):321-333.
• Sheehy E, Poretsly AP, Gortmaker SL, et al. Relationship of hospital characteristics to organ donation performance. Transplantation Proceedings. 1996; 28(1):139-141.
• Thall CR, Jensen G, Wright C, Baker S, Meade R. The role of hospital based family support teams in improving the quality of the organ donation process. Transplantation Proceedings. 1997; 29:3252-3253.

Other Articles:

• Beasley CL. After a decade of progress, a need to re-energize the organ donation movement. Nephrology News & Issues. 1997; 11(2):56-57.
• Drachman JD, Beasley CL. Hospital and public educationÑis it the key to unlocking the organ donor potential? Contemporary Dialysis and Nephrology. 1994; 15(8).
• Evanisko MJ. The organ donation enigma...a medical crisis with a cure. Contemporary Dialysis and Nephrology. 1991.
• Sherman TG, Fowler RA, Baltimore hospitals join in organ donation project. Contemporary Dialysis & Nephrology. 1996; 17(10):18-19, 25.

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