Supporting Organ Transplantation in Non-Resident Aliens within Limits
Bramstedt, Katrina A., Ethics & Medicine
Abstract
It is common knowledge that the supply of cadaveric organs does not meet demand. This shortage is often used as ethical argument against transplantation in Non-Resident Aliens; however, this fact in isolation does not present a comprehensive picture of organ allocation in USA. Even though approximately 153 cadaveric livers, kidneys, and hearts are transplanted into Non-Resident Aliens each year, roughly another 85 livers, kidneys and hearts are recovered as usable for transplantation but are not transplanted due to inability to find a recipient. These organs are also unable to be exported due to logistics or lack of patient matching. Because usable, recovered allografts …
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Publication information:
Article title: Supporting Organ Transplantation in Non-Resident Aliens within Limits.
Contributors: Bramstedt, Katrina A. - Author.
Journal title: Ethics & Medicine.
Volume: 22.
Issue: 2
Publication date: Summer 2006.
Page number: 75+.
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