Organ donation policies under review

Medical experts are reforming the first-come first-serve policies of the national organ donation registry. Midmorning examines the challenge and controversy of deciding who gets an organ.

Guests

• Michael Shapiro: Vice chair of the ethics committee at United Network for Organ Sharing, and a transplant surgeon in New Jersey.
• Robert Montgomery: Associate professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Transplantation at the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital.

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Resources

• United Network for Organ Sharing
• About Robert Montgomery
• LifeSource Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization