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10.1001/amajethics.2020.1055.
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Some technological and policy strategies for increasing organ supplies are ethically and legally proven to work. Consider best next steps for global education efforts to raise organ donation awareness.
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10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor2-1602.
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Designation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population would not solve problems of access to care.
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