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Kidney exchange programs: an expanded view of the ethical issues

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Organ Allocation

Part of the book series: Transplantation and Clinical Immunology ((TRAC,volume 30))

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Organ transplantation has dramatically changed medicine: individuals with organ failure were once thought to have irreversible terminal diseases. Today they can be given a second chance at life. Tragically, the supply of organs is inadequate.

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J. L. Touraine J. Traeger H. Bétuel J. M. Dubernard J. P. Revillard C. Dupuy

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Ross, L.F., Woodle, E.S. (1998). Kidney exchange programs: an expanded view of the ethical issues. In: Touraine, J.L., Traeger, J., Bétuel, H., Dubernard, J.M., Revillard, J.P., Dupuy, C. (eds) Organ Allocation. Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4984-6_30

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