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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (1145)	4/21/2006 12:00:51 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Peter, I have absolutely no problem with executed prisoners as organ donors, so long as these donors are properly screened and a proper match between donor and recipient is ensured. From the article: "American doctors caution their patients against going overseas for transplants because the organs may not be screened for infectious diseases and the quality of care after surgery is questionable." I am chagrined that the article focused on executed prisoners, for that is not the only source of foreign organ donations. Follow-up care for organ donor recipients is always lengthy, and few organ recipients will stay for the duration in the country where the transplant is performed, rather opting to return to the US of A for follow-up care. Not commonly known is that many doctors in this country will, for a number of reasons, refuse treatment to patients who have obtained their organs from "questionable" sources. - Holly