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Prisoner Organ Transplants, Donations Create Controversy
Loaded on April 15, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2014, page 52
Filed under:
Transplants.
Location:
United States of America.
Prison officials in several states are mulling over two sides of the same coin with respect to organ transplants for prisoners: first, the eligibility and cost of such medical procedures, and second, whether prisoners should be allowed to donate their organs.
Prisoners in Need of Organ Transplants
In Rhode Island, ...
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