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Who gets a heart? Rationing and rationalizing in heart transplantation
M D Allen1, D P Fishbein, M McBride
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Medical Center 98195, USA.
The Western Journal of Medicine
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
National policy on organ transplantation is made by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a representative body composed of health care professionals and patients. Standardized criteria for determining when a patient should be placed on the waiting list for heart transplantation are now in effect nationwide. Current and future directions to maximize the utilization of available donated organs are explored.