Editorial
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1382.
Meeting the demand for donor organs in the US. It's time for bold public policy, such as mandated choice or presumed consent
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Editorial
Meeting the demand for donor organs in the US. It's time for bold public policy, such as mandated choice or presumed consent
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Numbers of organ donors (both cadaveric and living), transplants, and people waiting for organs, US 1988-97. Source: United Network for Organ Sharing
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