Why Some Transplant Centers Reject Usable Organ Donations

Why Some Transplant Centers Reject Usable Organ Donations

February 2016

Research from David Goldberg, MD, MSCE, and colleagues is highlighted in The Atlantic. Their recent paper shed light on a previously unidentified source of disparity in liver transplantation: transplant centers vary widely in the organs they accept, leaving many of the sickest patients to die while awaiting a life-saving organ.

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