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Health Talk: Ethnics of Organ Transplantation
Presenter: Dr. Many & Dr. Much Only On
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Case 1: iPhone or iKedney?
Fact Shortage of transplantable organs Lack of volunteer donors 17-year-old boy in Anhui traded his kidney for iPhone5.
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Problem 1: Source Dying people Executed prisoners Immediate relatives
Stem cells (still in research) Organ donors (15000:1)
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Question 1: Should organ trade be legalized?
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Question 2: When to stop end-of-life care and start organ harvesting?
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Question 3: Should we forbid or encourage the use of human embryo?
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Case 2: Who moved my kidney?
Someone simply jumped the queue after others’ 6- month waiting.
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Problem 2: Distribution
Theoretically Equal Access Maximum benefit Practically Unequal treatment Maximum revenue
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Question 1: Should people who haven’t had a transplant be given priority over those who have already had one?
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Question 2: Should people whose lifestyle choices damaged their organ be given a chance?
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Question 3: Should suicidal individuals be given an organ transplant?
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