Disclosure of organ transplant risks: A question of when, not if
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 19:07
in Health & Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine physicians and bioethicists are calling for a new, more standardized way for patients in need of organ transplants to be informed of the risks they face. If adopted, their policy recommendations could promote greater equity in how organs are allocated while restricting patients' abilities to "cherry-pick" the best organs.