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Renal Allocation and the Perception of Fairness
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Title Renal Allocation and the Perception of Fairness
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578466?src=rss
Description In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses the fairness of policies in the United States that shift organ allocation from older to younger recipients.
Medscape Transplantation
Category Articles > Nephrology
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Date Aug 19, 2008
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