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  • Title: The gift of life. Ethical problems and policies in obtaining and distributing organs for transplantation.
    Author: Childress JF.
    Journal: Crit Care Clin; 1986 Jan; 2(1):133-48. PubMed ID: 3331305.
    Abstract:
    The supply of organs and tissues is inadequate to meet the need and demand for transplantation. The article argues for an effective and efficient system for obtaining cadaveric organs that can reduce and perhaps even eliminate scarcity, without violating the principles of justice and respect for persons. The article also examines policies and problems regarding living donors, and analyzes some issues in macroallocation and microallocation.
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