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social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > organ donation
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiology > medical care and research > organ donation

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organ donation  

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  • Organ donation has become the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in addition to other types of organ failure, notably heart, liver, and lung. By all accounts, the shortage of transplantable organs is a public health crisis with one person on the United Network of Organ sharing (UNOS) transplant waiting list dying approximately every 17 min. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Organ Donation]

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