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I was actually referring to the pushback centering around the consent argument, but in any case: > You might be in a critical state and someone else really nee
by 3grdlurker 5y ago
I was actually referring to the pushback centering around the consent argument, but in any case:
> You might be in a critical state and someone else really needs an organ from someone like you.
How often does it actually happen that an organ recipient and a matching potential donor who is in critical condition are in the exact same hospital at the same time? Is the concern for skewing the incentives real? I’m not even sure where the incentive is in your example—it’s just trading off one life for another. The hospital still wouldn’t be avoiding the potential death of a patient either way.
- samus 5y ago> I’m not even sure where the incentive is in your example—it’s just trading off one life for another. The issue is that the patient needing the organ might die before the potential donor. Edit: this is under the assumption that the potential donor is very likely to die of their current condition.