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Organ allocation for transplantation in the USA and Korea: the changing roles of equity and utility

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Affiliated Author(s)
조원현
Alternative Author(s)
Cho, Won Hyun
Journal Title
Yonsei Medical Journal
ISSN
0513-5796
Issued Date
2004
Abstract
Realizing the promise and managing the success of organ transplantation requires the creation of unique institutions. An Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) must be capable of increasing the supply of cadaver donor organs, of allocating those organs properly to recipients with due consideration for equity and utility, and of using scientific data to improve the system for the good of society. The OPTN should answer to the public and should expect public support. Both in the United States and in Korea major changes in deceased donor organ procurement and allocation are in progress. In the United States change takes the form of a renewed emphasis on achieving equity in kidney allocation without significantly sacrificing transplant graft or patient survival and the first ever use of purely objective, statistically evaluated criteria for liver allocation. In Korea where the OPTN is only four years old, change takes the form of a new brain death law and the creation of that country's first organ procurement organizations. In both countries, success in meeting the transplant needs of their populations will ultimately depend on the support of society and the cooperation of the entire medical community.
Department
Dept. of Surgery (외과학)
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
R. Randal Bollinger and Won Hyun Cho. (2004). Organ allocation for transplantation in the USA and Korea: the changing roles of equity and utility. Yonsei Medical Journal, 45(6), 1035–1042. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.6.1035
Type
Article
ISSN
0513-5796
DOI
10.3349/ymj.2004.45.6.1035
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/37254
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