At my lowest point, I turned to Malika as someone who would hear me out. I told her that I
was done with all of this. As a phys ician, she knew what the worst case scenario looked like …

One of the most spectacular medical advances of the twentieth century, organ
transplantation has become a generally effective and routine treatment for patients with …

INTRODUCTION 109,931 people nationwide were on the United Network for Organ Sharing
waiting list at 3: 20pm on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. 1 There were 8,477 donors from …

Delmonico and Ascher1 respond to Rees et al, 2 but also to a confidential letter of intent, a
work-in-progress draft for a possible grant application, which is not a public document and …

Background In a short “perspectives” paper entitled “Fighting on,” Dr. Drazen and
colleagues ask whether it is morally acceptable that the husband and son [the closest family …

I do not particularly care for my title. First, because it is inaccurate. The terminology of “letting
die” implies that by failing to treat someone we are thereby aiming at their death. In fact, we …

Organ transplantation is increasingly complex and at the same time increasingly effective.
The lengthening waiting list for cadaver organs now exceeds the supply several-fold …

ON November 11, 1990, Stormie Jones died after a brief bout of what initially was thought to
be a" flu syndrome." Later, it was realized that she had rejected her heart graft for reasons …

Abstract More than 99,358 men, women and children are on organ transplant lists in the
United States. Pressure on family members to donate organs can therefore be intense. The …

This chapter demonstrates how difficult and how erroneous it would be to take a simple
stand on the kinds of questions raised by organ transplantation in its present stage of …