Ethical issues : There are many ethical issues in organ transplant that start with organ donation, defining and declaring a deceased donor, to living donation and whether someone should undergo a potentially life threatening surgery only to help another. Outcomes for some transplants bring to question who are the appropriate candidates. How do we beat allocate life saving organs where the supply is far short of th.
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Ethical issues : There are many ethical issues in organ transplant that start with organ donation, defining and declaring a deceased donor, to living donation and whether someone should undergo a potentially life threatening surgery only to help another. Outcomes for some transplants bring to question who are the appropriate candidates. How do we beat allocate life saving organs where the supply exceeds demand.
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Ethical issues: There are many ethical issues in organ transplant that start with organ donation, defining and declaring a deceased donor, to living donation and whether someone should undergo a potentially life threatening surgery only to help another. Outcomes for some transplants bring to question who are the appropriate candidates. How do we best allocate life saving organs where the supply exceeds demand.
Answered 1/25/2015
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