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More on "Illegal" 5-Way Kidney Transplant
There is more information about the 5-way kidney transplant swap at Johns Hopkins. (Here’s the original Washington Post article I reported on earlier today.) An Illinois television station called the process “illegal.” Okay, sometimes issues are illegal but not immoral or unethical. Sometimes, good things are done for motives that are both ethical and slightly … Continue reading
>More on "Illegal" 5-Way Kidney Transplant
>There is more information about the 5-way kidney transplant swap at Johns Hopkins. (Here’s the original Washington Post article I reported on earlier today.) An Illinois television station called the process “illegal.” Okay, sometimes issues are illegal but not immoral or unethical. Sometimes, good things are done for motives that are both ethical and slightly … Continue reading
>Ambivalence on Quintuple Kidney Transplant
>The news from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore about an historic 5-kidney “marathon” transplant among 4 pairs of relatives and 2 unrelated people troubles me on several different levels. 5 people will (hopefully) have a better life now, and that’s wonderful, a miracle. And, that 5th, unrelated recipient is one of the luckiest people on earth! … Continue reading
Ambivalence on Quintuple Kidney Transplant
The news from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore about an historic 5-kidney “marathon” transplant among 4 pairs of relatives and 2 unrelated people troubles me on several different levels. 5 people will (hopefully) have a better life now, and that’s wonderful, a miracle. And, that 5th, unrelated recipient is one of the luckiest people on earth! … Continue reading
Massachussetts: The Healthcare Finance Lab State
(and now for something completely different) The Country is watching to see how the new healthcare finance plan works in Massachusetts. The State had only 7%-10% of its population uninsured, unlike the regional average around 15%. (My State, Texas has a 26% uninsured population – half of those families make more than $75,000 a year, … Continue reading
>Massachussetts: The Healthcare Finance Lab State
>(and now for something completely different) The Country is watching to see how the new healthcare finance plan works in Massachusetts. The State had only 7%-10% of its population uninsured, unlike the regional average around 15%. (My State, Texas has a 26% uninsured population – half of those families make more than $75,000 a year, … Continue reading
Confirmation of Chinese Prisoner Organ Harvests
Art Caplan, PhD, a pseudoeditor of the blog at the American Journal of Bioethics, reports on an admission from a Chinese official that confirms the rumor that prisoners are killed for their organs, which are then sold. US residents are among those that pay for these organs. Speaking at a conference of surgeons in the … Continue reading
>Confirmation of Chinese Prisoner Organ Harvests
>Art Caplan, PhD, a pseudoeditor of the blog at the American Journal of Bioethics, reports on an admission from a Chinese official that confirms the rumor that prisoners are killed for their organs, which are then sold. US residents are among those that pay for these organs. Speaking at a conference of surgeons in the … Continue reading
Anti-Religion "Declaration in Defense of Science and Secularism"
These groups are not simply against religion, of course. They object to what they call “religious fanaticism:” Unfortunately, not only do too many well-meaning people base their conceptions of the universe on ancient books—such as the Bible and the Koran—rather than scientific inquiry, but politicians of all parties encourage and abet this scientific ignorance. Their … Continue reading
>Anti-Religion "Declaration in Defense of Science and Secularism"
>These groups are not simply against religion, of course. They object to what they call “religious fanaticism:” Unfortunately, not only do too many well-meaning people base their conceptions of the universe on ancient books—such as the Bible and the Koran—rather than scientific inquiry, but politicians of all parties encourage and abet this scientific ignorance. Their … Continue reading
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