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Should alcoholics get new livers?

Rebecca Nappi

Carla Johnson, a former S-R staffer now working for the AP, has an interesting story about this debate.

An excerpt:

Some gravely ill alcoholics who need a liver transplant shouldn’t have to prove they can stay sober for six months to get one, doctors say in a study that could intensify the debate over whether those who destroy their organs by drinking deserve new ones. In the small French study, the vast majority of the patients who got a liver without the wait stopped drinking after their surgery and were sober years later. The study involved patients who were suffering from alcohol-related hepatitis so severe that they were unlikely to survive a six-month delay.

What’s your opinion?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "EndNotes." Read all stories from this blog