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JOURNAL OF LAW MEDICINE & ETHICS
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 238-+Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00131.x
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The era of replacing human organs and their functions began with chronic dialysis and renal transplantation in the 1960s. These significant medical advances brought unprecedented problems. Among these, the selection of patients for a scarce resource was most troubling. In Seattle, where dialysis originated, a God Committee selected which patients would live and die. The debates over such a committee stimulated the origins of bioethics.
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