Edited by Jeremy R. Chapman, Mark Deierhoi, and Celia Wight. 474 pp., illustrated. London, Arnold, 1997. (Distributed by Oxford University Press, New York.) $115. ISBN 0-340-61394-7.
The supply of donor organs is the Achilles' heel of transplantation.Although the disparities among need, demand, and supply areoften discussed, they are rarely understood. For example, eachyear well over 120,000 people in the United States could benefitfrom organ transplantation, but fewer than 75,000 are ever placedon a waiting list. Meanwhile, more than 4000 patients die eachyear while waiting for a donor organ to become available, andonly 21,000 actually receive the transplant they require. Despitethese figures, more often than not, we are erroneously led tobelieve that the potential supply of donor organs . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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