Saving Lives Is More Important Than Abstract Moral Concerns: Financial Incentives Should Be Used to Increase Organ Donation Benjamin Hippen, MD, Lainie.

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Saving Lives Is More Important Than Abstract Moral Concerns: Financial Incentives Should Be Used to Increase Organ Donation Benjamin Hippen, MD, Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, Robert M. Sade, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 1053-1061 (October 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.087 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Relative change (from 1988 baseline data) in the number of patients on organ waiting lists, deaths on the waiting list, and number of donors each year, 1988–2008. Graph derived from Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data [1]. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1053-1061DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.087) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions