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The Organ Allocation Controversy: How Did We Arrive Here?

Clifford H. Van Meter
Ochsner Journal January 1999, 1 (1) 6-11;
Clifford H. Van Meter
Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation; Chairman of the United Network for Organ Sharing, Thoracic Organs Committee; President of the Board of the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency
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