Of course a free funeral would boost organ donations. So would cold, hard cash!
What I find unconscionable is that our society takes something worth tens of thousands of dollars — a deceased human body — and just buries it because self-appointed busybodies decided it’s not ethical to compensate the original owner’s family for its value. When you donate your organs, thousands and thousands of dollars changes hands — but none of it goes to the family members who should benefit from the exchange. Without compensation for organ donation, few people want to donate their organs. Because few people want to donate their organs, there is a scarcity that makes organs highly valuable. This means the organ banks have a business model that profits from the scarcity of organs and laws that prohibit compensation for donation. The current system is perpetuated by organizations that benefit from the status quo.
An article in The Lancet found that surgical procedures are common in people who are in the last year, month or weeks of life. This should not come as a surprise. Surgery includes heart surgery to extend the life of a heart attack victim; it could also surgery for cancer. However, the implication is that the United States should do less surgery on dying patients. If you think about it, this article is really implying the U.S. should ration care to old, desperately-ill patients – as is common in Britain where The Lancet is published.
The Lancet article on “late-life” surgery is backward looking. Plus the proportion of 65-year olds who had surgery shortly before dying was significantly greater than the number of 90-year olds.
This suggests that surgeons are not operating inappropriately, because they are more willing to operate on 65-year olds than 90-year olds. The deaths of 65-year olds shortly after surgery were surely unpleasant surprises for the surgeons.
Try churches. IF he does end up gttnieg the surgery, and it’s done at a hospital ..wait about 2 months of gttnieg the final bills and then go in and ask for a CHARITY CARE APPLICATION.Most people don’t realize, that ALL hospitals, unless Private ones, get Governement Grants, and they HAVE to give so much FREE care in order to get the next years Grants.Good luck
Of course a free funeral would boost organ donations. So would cold, hard cash!
What I find unconscionable is that our society takes something worth tens of thousands of dollars — a deceased human body — and just buries it because self-appointed busybodies decided it’s not ethical to compensate the original owner’s family for its value. When you donate your organs, thousands and thousands of dollars changes hands — but none of it goes to the family members who should benefit from the exchange. Without compensation for organ donation, few people want to donate their organs. Because few people want to donate their organs, there is a scarcity that makes organs highly valuable. This means the organ banks have a business model that profits from the scarcity of organs and laws that prohibit compensation for donation. The current system is perpetuated by organizations that benefit from the status quo.
An article in The Lancet found that surgical procedures are common in people who are in the last year, month or weeks of life. This should not come as a surprise. Surgery includes heart surgery to extend the life of a heart attack victim; it could also surgery for cancer. However, the implication is that the United States should do less surgery on dying patients. If you think about it, this article is really implying the U.S. should ration care to old, desperately-ill patients – as is common in Britain where The Lancet is published.
Pictures of deep space are always cool.
Too bad NASA has made outer space so boring.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
Just seeing those pictures of the deep universe makes me realize that we can’t fall behind in the space race.
The Lancet article on “late-life” surgery is backward looking. Plus the proportion of 65-year olds who had surgery shortly before dying was significantly greater than the number of 90-year olds.
This suggests that surgeons are not operating inappropriately, because they are more willing to operate on 65-year olds than 90-year olds. The deaths of 65-year olds shortly after surgery were surely unpleasant surprises for the surgeons.
Try churches. IF he does end up gttnieg the surgery, and it’s done at a hospital ..wait about 2 months of gttnieg the final bills and then go in and ask for a CHARITY CARE APPLICATION.Most people don’t realize, that ALL hospitals, unless Private ones, get Governement Grants, and they HAVE to give so much FREE care in order to get the next years Grants.Good luck