Transplants: Why Demand Exceeds Supply

Introduction

Improvements in anti-rejection drugs and surgical procedures have led to a boom in organ transplants. But the increase has exacerbated the already short supply of available organs, raising a wide variety of ethical issues. Who should get the scarce organs? How should the decisions be made? Are transplants a cost-effective use of medical resources? Should the use of certain tissue, such as that from aborted fetuses, be restricted? As transplants become even more routine—but not necessarily less costly—such questions will get only harder to answer.

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