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Ethically Increasing the Supply of Transplantable Organs
TO THE EDITOR:
In his recent editorial (1), Childress adeptly summarized recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations (2) for increasing the supply of transplantable organs. According to the IOM report, we should continue to rely on public goodwill but should work harder to stimulate it through education, creation of donor registries, and improvement in techniques for obtaining consent. In my opinion, with the notable exception of encouraging donation after cardiac death, the IOM's recommendations are somewhat disappointing because they do not differ fundamentally from …
