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Originally posted by davespanners
If a doctor is so corrupt that he is removing organs from people to sell then what makes you think he's going to give a damn about whether you signed an organ donation form or not? You think that they can't give you a fake Donor card?
I can go to this site right now and fill in a donor card with any name I want.
According to this site most black market activity that exists in the US happens way after the point of you being in hospital
In the U.S., a black market for human tissue exists. It usually involves bodies about to be cremated. A black market broker may enter into a financial arrangement with a criminally minded funeral home director and carve up the bodies before they're cremated. Falsified papers -- such as consent forms and death certificates -- are produced,
the only problem with that quote, is that they basically have 45mins after you die to take the organs.
by the time you get to the funeral home they would be worthless.
Originally posted by fooks
Originally posted by davespanners
If a doctor is so corrupt that he is removing organs from people to sell then what makes you think he's going to give a damn about whether you signed an organ donation form or not? You think that they can't give you a fake Donor card?
I can go to this site right now and fill in a donor card with any name I want.
According to this site most black market activity that exists in the US happens way after the point of you being in hospital
In the U.S., a black market for human tissue exists. It usually involves bodies about to be cremated. A black market broker may enter into a financial arrangement with a criminally minded funeral home director and carve up the bodies before they're cremated. Falsified papers -- such as consent forms and death certificates -- are produced,
the only problem with that quote, is that they basically have 45mins after you die to take the organs.
by the time you get to the funeral home they would be worthless.
Originally posted by ppk55
Greed rears it's ugly face in every aspect of our lives, why would it not in the organ transplant arena?
Is it the only sector that is impervious to this malicious force?
If someone is willing to 'donate' a substantial amount to a medical body/corporation with the implied knowledge that they might receive preferential organ donation treatment one day in the future ...
Do you really think that corporation will use every tool in the armory to save someone who is going to donate their organs that could go to the benefactor?
If however the patient is NOT going to donate, then there is no conflict of interest whatsoever. The Hippocratic oath is the overriding force, not money.
Is this unreasonable?