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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 7/2014

01-07-2014

Organ Shortage: The Greatest Challenge Facing Transplant Medicine

Authors: David Shafran, Eric Kodish, Andreas Tzakis

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 7/2014

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Abstract

The success of organ transplantation as a treatment for end-stage organ disease has yielded a series of ethical quandaries originating from the issue of organ shortage. Scarcity of organs for transplantation necessitates formulation of just and fair allocation policies as well as ethically viable solutions to bridging the vast gap between organ supply and demand. The concept of “triage” provides a useful paradigm in which to contextualize the organ shortage issue. This entails subjugating the welfare of the individual patient for the benefit of the wider community as an ethically justified response to the challenge of scarcity.
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Metadata
Title
Organ Shortage: The Greatest Challenge Facing Transplant Medicine
Authors
David Shafran
Eric Kodish
Andreas Tzakis
Publication date
01-07-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2639-3

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