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Regulating Heart And Liver Transplants In Massachusetts: An Overview Of The Report Of The Task Force On Organ Transplantation, George J. Annas
Regulating Heart And Liver Transplants In Massachusetts: An Overview Of The Report Of The Task Force On Organ Transplantation, George J. Annas
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Organ transplantation has been a favorite topic of health lawyers since its inception. Organ procurement was addressed with the adoption of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act in all fifty states, and "brain death" has been recognized both judicially and legislatively across the country. Nonetheless, it is now apparent that the major problems in organ transplantation are not legal and thus neither are their solutions. Heart and liver transplants are extreme and expensive interventions that few individuals can afford and few hospitals can offer. In an era of economic scarcity, how (if at all) should organ transplant procedures and other extreme …