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Choosing someone not next to their deathbed is very likely something that would never get approved by an ethics board.
by Fomite 5y ago
Choosing someone not next to their deathbed is very likely something that would never get approved by an ethics board.
- kelnos 5y agoI do wonder, however, if there were potential patients available, who were near death solely due to the need for a heart transplant (and were near-certain not to get a conventional human transplant in time), and not also because of a host of other issues.
- Fomite 5y agoGiven the complexities of the human body and how central strong circulation is to them, "Near death from heart failure, ineligible or outside the window for another transplant, but lacking any life-threatening non-cardiac comorbidities" is going to be a tough find.