Policy has changed how organs are allocated
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An organ allocation policy that puts the sickest patients first in line to receive available donor livers for transplantation has created some unintended consequences for those patients low on the organ wait list, research suggests.<div class="feedflare">
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