Re: Organ Donations
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I say no because some hospitals will allow an organ donor to die so they can be harvested, but in that same situation try to save that same guy if he isn't an organ donor.
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Ignorant.
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Yeah, I wasn't going to actually respond to the content, but now I can't help myself.
Let's look at the main assumption in this post: There are money grubbing and unethical doctors/medical personnel around that will sacrifice people's lives to make an extra buck.
1. This is very likely a suspect assumption for the vast majority of medical personnel.
2. If they let you die they get the money for the transplant and for the patient that received the organ until they recover. If they don't let you die they get the money for treating you, the time you spent recovering (which will likely be a long time since you're almost dead) PLUS the money caring for the patient on the waiting list (which is probably as long as the recovery time, not to mention the potential of finding a donor down the road so they can still make that money). The latter is usually more money for the hospital then the former. So even if they are greedy they can make more money off of treating you successfully and billing you tens of thousands for the recovery time you're going to spend in the hospital then they can make off letting you die and doing a transplant.
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