David L. Weimer is professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. He is the coauthor of Organizational Report Cards; Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice; and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice.

• IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviations and Acronyms 1. Medical Governance: Important but Neglected 2. Balancing Values, Expertise, and Interests 3. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 4. Expanding Organ Supply 5. Liver Allocation and the Final Rule 6. Incremental Response to Racial Disparity in Kidney Allocation 7. The Kidney Allocation Review: Can The OPTN Make Nonincremental Change? 8. How and How Well Does the OPTN Govern? 9. Is the OPTN a Viable and Desirable Model in Other Medical Contexts? References Index

In this blend of theory, practical understanding, and methodological sophistication, Weimer has produced and important set of ideas that can be applied to at least some of today's health-care policy challenges and perhaps beyond. Perspectives on Politics Does an excellent job of researching and analyzing the delegation of medical decision making to private nonprofit organizations. Choice

David L. Weimer is professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. He is the coauthor of Organizational Report Cards; Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice; and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice.

• IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviations and Acronyms 1. Medical Governance: Important but Neglected 2. Balancing Values, Expertise, and Interests 3. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 4. Expanding Organ Supply 5. Liver Allocation and the Final Rule 6. Incremental Response to Racial Disparity in Kidney Allocation 7. The Kidney Allocation Review: Can The OPTN Make Nonincremental Change? 8. How and How Well Does the OPTN Govern? 9. Is the OPTN a Viable and Desirable Model in Other Medical Contexts? References Index

In this blend of theory, practical understanding, and methodological sophistication, Weimer has produced and important set of ideas that can be applied to at least some of today's health-care policy challenges and perhaps beyond. Perspectives on Politics Does an excellent job of researching and analyzing the delegation of medical decision making to private nonprofit organizations. Choice

David L. Weimer is professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. He is the coauthor of Organizational Report Cards; Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice; and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice.

• IllustrationsPrefaceAbbreviations and Acronyms 1. Medical Governance: Important but Neglected 2. Balancing Values, Expertise, and Interests 3. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 4. Expanding Organ Supply 5. Liver Allocation and the Final Rule 6. Incremental Response to Racial Disparity in Kidney Allocation 7. The Kidney Allocation Review: Can The OPTN Make Nonincremental Change? 8. How and How Well Does the OPTN Govern? 9. Is the OPTN a Viable and Desirable Model in Other Medical Contexts? References Index

In this blend of theory, practical understanding, and methodological sophistication, Weimer has produced and important set of ideas that can be applied to at least some of today's health-care policy challenges and perhaps beyond. Perspectives on Politics Does an excellent job of researching and analyzing the delegation of medical decision making to private nonprofit organizations. Choice