Lung transplantation and organ allocation in Brazil: necessity or utility

ABSTRACT The philosophy of organ allocation is the result of two seemingly irreconcilable principles: utilitarianism and distributive justice. The process of organ donation and transplantation in Brazil reveals large inequalities between regions and units of the Federation, from the harvesting of or...

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Main Authors: Edison Moraes Rodrigues-Filho, Cristiano Augusto Franke, José Roque Junges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2019-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102019000100501&lng=en&tlng=en