Can you find a kidney through a Craigslist personal ad?

Patients are circumventing the traditional waiting time to find an organ donor by using Craigslist.

In some cases, years have been cut off the waiting times. But are hospitals prepared for the legal and ethical questions that accompany such a non-traditional means of organ donation?

Few medical institutions even consider such cases, with only 10 percent of transplant centers willing to do cases from an altruistic donor unrelated (more…)