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To the Editor: Benjamin et al. (March 24 issue)¹ assert that the allocation of organs for transplantation follows rational principles that are embraced and applied ubiquitously -- in fact, legislated at the federal level. They further believe that "when the community devises defensible principles for the allocation of limited public resources, we all have a duty as citizens to cooperate." This implies a sense of order in access to organ transplantation that, in truth, does not reflect the reality.

Before any patient is placed on a waiting list for an organ, he or she is subject to an intensive review . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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