Episode 372: How Do You Decide Who Gets Lungs?
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Episode 372: How Do You Decide Who Gets Lungs? April 29, 2015 6:28 PM ET Listen 17:24 
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Chana Joffe-Walt/NPR For most things we have a way to distribute resources: we use money. You can buy and sell a gallon of gas.
But we don't let people buy and sell organs. Doctors have had to develop a different system.
Today on the show: how do you decide who gets lungs?
Note: Today's show is a rerun. It originally aired in May 2012.
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