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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal
Nah, once he's dead, we throw away the card and bring out the knives. 
If a guy dies and there's another guy who needs a kidney or he will die, it would be a crime to let him die just so an already dead bloke can be buried (or cremated) with his organs. That's crazy selfish. |
I agree but it does pose some ethical questions when the patient ain't quite dead yet. Like for instance at what point should medical staff stop trying to keep a donor patient alive? or should organ damaging medicines say of limited effectiveness be given to terminally ill patients?