Search For Live Liver Donors Raises Medical, Ethical Questions

Search For Live Liver Donors Raises Medical, Ethical Questions

Medical advances in organ transplantation have extended lives that a few years ago would have been cut short. Yet public solicitation for organs raises a host of medical, ethical and social concerns about how to fairly allocate organs in an era of scarcity, and how to balance the benefits to the sick recipient against the risks to healthy volunteers who donate.

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