Comments on: Transplant surgeon on trial http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83960 Anonymous Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83960 This case is very concerning for the ever growing list of patient's who are in need for life saving organ transplantation. This list currently stands at 98,000 people and growing rapidly. Without the potential for organ donation, these unfortunate patients future hangs in the balance. Organ donation is important, and everyone should consider being a donor. With respect to the case, it is generally accepted, at least in the U.S., that organ donation can never be the cause of a potential donors death, rather organ donation can only occur as a result of a potential donor's death, whether the death occurs as a result of brain death or cardiac death. Prior to organ "recovery", death must be declared by patient's physician(s), not the members of transplant team. This case is very concerning for the ever growing list of patient’s who are in need for life saving organ transplantation. This list currently stands at 98,000 people and growing rapidly. Without the potential for organ donation, these unfortunate patients future hangs in the balance. Organ donation is important, and everyone should consider being a donor. With respect to the case, it is generally accepted, at least in the U.S., that organ donation can never be the cause of a potential donors death, rather organ donation can only occur as a result of a potential donor’s death, whether the death occurs as a result of brain death or cardiac death. Prior to organ “recovery”, death must be declared by patient’s physician(s), not the members of transplant team.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83959 Anonymous Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83959 I believe that this case will further jeoperdize organ donation. The papers say that this patient's organs were recovered, however, they couldn't have been since he did not proceed to brain death. I have one question, "was the decision to withdraw life support by the family made prior to or independent of being approached for organ donation?", if so, how can the family claim wrongful death? Well those are actually 2 questions. I believe that this case will further jeoperdize organ donation. The papers say that this patient’s organs were recovered, however, they couldn’t have been since he did not proceed to brain death. I have one question, “was the decision to withdraw life support by the family made prior to or independent of being approached for organ donation?”, if so, how can the family claim wrongful death? Well those are actually 2 questions.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83881 Anonymous Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83881 As a doctor, I agree with anon 10:51. We SHOULD NEVER KILL SOMEONE IN ORDER TO HARVEST ORGANS.<br/><br/>This stands everything on its head.<br/><br/>As a profession we need to hold ourselves above the minimum standards of law, and avoiding MURDER is one of them! As a doctor, I agree with anon 10:51. We SHOULD NEVER KILL SOMEONE IN ORDER TO HARVEST ORGANS.

This stands everything on its head.

As a profession we need to hold ourselves above the minimum standards of law, and avoiding MURDER is one of them!

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83875 Anonymous Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83875 Well goodie--the law should never prosecute doctors who hasten the deaths of patients in order to harvest their organs--because that would be traumatic to surgeons's little egos and the charges could get in the paper. Let's just exempt the medical profession from the law. <br/><br/>You guys are are a bunch of solipsistic bozos. Well goodie–the law should never prosecute doctors who hasten the deaths of patients in order to harvest their organs–because that would be traumatic to surgeons’s little egos and the charges could get in the paper. Let’s just exempt the medical profession from the law.

You guys are are a bunch of solipsistic bozos.

]]> By: Throckmortonhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83874 Throckmorton Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/transplant-surgeon-on-trial.html#comment-83874 One of the worst things about this is that people will only hear the charges and assume that they are true and so goes the lives of many of those waiting for transplants. People will only remember the charges, they never remember the verdicts and the press certainly doesn't publish them. One of the worst things about this is that people will only hear the charges and assume that they are true and so goes the lives of many of those waiting for transplants. People will only remember the charges, they never remember the verdicts and the press certainly doesn’t publish them.

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