Americans tend to judge organ transplant eligibility based on the cause of a person's illness rather than their race or ethnicity. Survey participants consistently favored recipients whose conditions were seen as less self-inflicted--such as black lung disease from coal mining or genetic kidney failure--over those with alcohol use disorder or unvaccinated COVID-19 complications.
Americans tend to judge organ transplant eligibility based on the cause of a person's illness rather than their race or ethnicity. Survey participants consistently favored recipients whose conditions were seen as less self-inflicted--such as black lung disease from coal mining or genetic kidney failure--over those with alcohol use disorder or unvaccinated COVID-19 complications.
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