Rationing Livers: The Persistence of Geographic Inequity in Organ Allocation
Autor: | Sander Florman, Bruce C. Vladeck, Jonathan Cooper |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
United Network for Organ Sharing
Health Services Needs and Demand medicine.medical_specialty Tissue and Organ Procurement Health (social science) Waiting Lists Public economics Operations research Health Policy Rationing InformationSystems_DATABASEMANAGEMENT United States Organ transplantation Liver Transplantation Issues ethics and legal aspects Geography medicine Humans Geography Medical Health policy Medical ethics |
Zdroj: | AMA Journal of Ethics. 14:245-249 |
ISSN: | 2376-6980 |
Popis: | The United Network for Organ Sharing’s geographic allocation system is outdated and inequitable, particularly in light of improved ability to transport organs. Allocation should be based on common medical criteria, not accidents of geography. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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