Open AccessBetter Off Living—The Ethics of the New UNOS Proposal for Allocating Kidneys for Transplantation
Author(s) -
Peter P. Reese,
Arthur L. Caplan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03310411
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , united network for organ sharing , intensive care medicine , kidney transplantation , surgery , liver transplantation
In February 2011, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) issued a new policy proposal to change how deceased donor kidneys are allocated to adults in the United States ([1][1]). The proposal comes at a crucial juncture in the field of kidney transplantation. Stagnation in kidney donation rates
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