title: For some transplant patients, diseased hearts are lifesavers. Surgeons enlist elderly, sick to receive inferior organs; the new ethical issues; facing a risk of hepatitis C.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johannes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D006526:Hepatitis C; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014850:Waiting Lists