Strangers' Organ Donations Concern MDs. Laura Meckler.
by Meckler, Laura; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 1Human Relations. Publisher: Newsday, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Bioethics | Donation of organs, tissues, etc | Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The national transplant waiting list has grown to more than 87,000 because organ donations from the dead have not kept up with demand. For help, frustrated patients increasingly are turning to the living--even to strangers. That worries bioethicists, surgeons and federal officials who oversee the transplant system, which is designed to treat all patients fairly." (NEWSDAY) The author discusses the growing concern over "the possibility that people will buy and sell organs, an illegal practice that is difficult to uncover if participants are willing to lie about it."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Strangers' Organ Donations Concern MDs, Oct. 25, 2004; pp. n.p..
"The national transplant waiting list has grown to more than 87,000 because organ donations from the dead have not kept up with demand. For help, frustrated patients increasingly are turning to the living--even to strangers. That worries bioethicists, surgeons and federal officials who oversee the transplant system, which is designed to treat all patients fairly." (NEWSDAY) The author discusses the growing concern over "the possibility that people will buy and sell organs, an illegal practice that is difficult to uncover if participants are willing to lie about it."
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