Donor organ shortages create ethical quandary
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Doctors and patients have overcome huge medical hurdles in liver transplantation, but they still face an ethical abyss, created largely by organ shortages.
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(LUMBER BRIDGE, North Carolina)-- About 3,000 North Carolinians are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant. More than half of those are in need of a kidney.
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An American scientific study shows that artificial hearts can keep heart-transplant candidates alive before the donor organ is available and it also helps prolong their life after transplant.
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DENVER -- A routine kidney transplant that was supposed to take place Monday was cancelled after the doctor who was going to perform the operation said he had &quot;ethical concerns&quot; about the procedure because the donor and recipient met on the Internet.
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The case of a Houston man who advertised for a new liver has prompted the United Network for Organ Sharing to recommend that hospitals discourage patients from soliciting organs and, if possible, to refuse to perform such transplants.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. One of two infant twins who had been awaiting heart transplants in Nashville has received a donor organ. Abigail Patrick underwent four hours of surgery yesterday at Vanderbilt University&#39;s children&#39;s hospital.
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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(AGI) - London, Nov. 27 - There is a chronic shortage of investments in human resources in the health sector around the world. This impedes forceful fighting of illnesses such as tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria.
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Transplant surgeons and medical ethicists are outraged by the nation&#39;s first Internet-brokered organ transplant, performed last week in Denver.
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The restoration of a blind woman's sight using foetal tissues is likely to spark ethical debate, say scientists.
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HALIFAX - Surgeons are transplanting fewer hearts in Canada, especially among babies and children, because there aren&#39;t enough donor organs available, according to a new report.
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The demand for dialysis brings new strains to MedicareÂs budget and prompts the question: When is it ethical to stop the treatment?
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Authorities are finding new ways to encourage organ donation, including indirectly compensating donors and families. Charles H. Patrick, director of the Alabama Organ Center, said 11 states have passed laws
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Researchers find that by weakening a transplant patient's immune system, then providing bone marrow from the donor, the body is more likely to accept the new organ without the need for long-term drug use.
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Although willingness to donate organs has risen in recent years, major hurdles remain.
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Science & environment: Objective of growing replacement organs for humans has been brought a step closer
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An independent inquiry is ordered after an increase in the number of deaths after heart transplants.