Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics Volume 8 Issue 1 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Article 4 Ethics 2008 E Pluribus UNOS: The National Organ Transplant Act and Its Postoperative Complications Jed Adam Gross Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjhple Part of the Health Law and Policy Commons, and the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons Recommended Citation Jed A. Gross, E Pluribus UNOS: The National Organ Transplant Act and Its Postoperative Complications, 8 YALE J. HEALTH POL'Y L. & ETHICS (2008). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjhple/vol8/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics by an authorized editor of Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Gross: E Pluribus UNOS NOTE E Pluribus UNOS: The National Organ Transplant Act and Its Postoperative Complications Jed Adam Gross* INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 147 I. SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 151 A. THE SOCIO-TECHNICAL ORGANIZATION OF ORGAN MATCHING ........................... 153 B. ENLISTING "THE PUBLIC," BUT NOT THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE ............................. 157 C. HEARTS, MINDS, AND CORNEAS IN GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT