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Your New Liver Is Only a Learjet Away: Part 1 of 3
The forty million dollar Gulfstream jet landed at Memphis International airport in the early morning hours, its schedule hastily arranged earlier that day from Northern California, where the flight originated. Waiting on the tarmac was Dr. James Eason, head of … Continue reading
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Tagged bioethics, health policy, medical decision making, transplantation