Directed Donation The Relevance of Race

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Wayne B. Arnason · Thomas Jefferson Foundation

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The difficulty in finding well-matched kidneys for transplantation into black Americans is compounded by the disproportionately low rate of black donation. A program of directed donation that privileged black-to-black transplant could ease the chronic shortage of organs.

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Healthcare Policy and Management Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Organ Donation and Transplantation

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Published in: The Hastings Center Report

Volume 21, Issue 6, pp. 13-13

DOI: 10.2307/3562358

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