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On 3 December 1967, the media reported thatChristiaan Barnard and his medical team, at GrooteSchuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, performed the first heart transplantation.[1]
We argue that the above challenges have worsened the heart crisis
We further contend that the application of objective list theory would clarify the disagreement between the deceased family and the clinician’s declaration of brain dead
Summary
On 3 December 1967, the media reported thatChristiaan Barnard and his medical team, at GrooteSchuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, performed the first heart transplantation.[1]. The rationale for heart transplantation is to improve the life of patients suffering from organ failure. That the medical and legal constraints on donor supply result in a chronic shortage of hearts for transplant.[3] We argue that the above challenges have worsened the heart crisis.
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