For some transplant patients, diseased hearts are lifesavers. Surgeons enlist elderly, sick to receive inferior organs; the new ethical issues; facing a risk of hepatitis C

Laura Johannes. Wall St J (East Ed). 2005.

. 2005 Apr 14:A1, A8.

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