Lung transplantation and organ allocation in Brazil: necessity or utility

• Main Authors: Edison Moraes Rodrigues-Filho (Author), Cristiano Augusto Franke (Author), José Roque Junges (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Universidade de São Paulo, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...