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**nuabuncarnigo** · 02-25-2011, 08:02 PM

I could be wrong, but I believe that other factors are already taken into account, not just waiting time (overall immune condition, support systems, risk of non-compliance, medical history, other diseases, etc). As you say, perhaps it's different for kidneys, but taking nothing into consideration other than waiting time is a mistake.

Let the trained medical professionals make the call and do what they're trained to do. The government has little place in this. Leave it as is, waiting time tempered by any mitigating factors. Besides, some might argue that the 49 year old mother of 4 recipient would actually be a better use of the organ since it affects not only her but her family's wellbeing. Giving an organ to the "one who would get the most use out of it" could be interpreted in so many ways, anywhere from utilitarianism to "give it to the youngest".

02-25-2011, 08:02 PM	#3
nuabuncarnigo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	I could be wrong, but I believe that other factors are already taken into account, not just waiting time (overall immune condition, support systems, risk of non-compliance, medical history, other diseases, etc). As you say, perhaps it's different for kidneys, but taking nothing into consideration other than waiting time is a mistake. Let the trained medical professionals make the call and do what they're trained to do. The government has little place in this. Leave it as is, waiting time tempered by any mitigating factors. Besides, some might argue that the 49 year old mother of 4 recipient would actually be a better use of the organ since it affects not only her but her family's wellbeing. Giving an organ to the "one who would get the most use out of it" could be interpreted in so many ways, anywhere from utilitarianism to "give it to the youngest".
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