Organ donations from strangers raise ethical questions
Desperate patients turn to organ donor websites as the national waiting list tops 87,000. The story follows cases from MatchingDonors.com and online forums, highlighting for profit concerns, potential paid donations, and calls for federal guidance to keep the system fair.
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Denver
MatchingDonors.com
Living Donorsonline.org
Andrew Klein
Transplant Network
James Burdick
Health and Human Services Department
Gregory Pence
University of Alabama
Jeremiah Lowney
Rising living kidney donors now outnumber deceased donors
The number of living kidney donors rose to 6,811 in 2003, with most donors being family members though an increasing number come from friends and others. A proposed policy suggests altruistic donors should go to the next person on the list, but enforcement remains unclear amid ethical concerns and medical risks to donors.
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Klein
Grandmother’s interference leads to CPS visit over child care
In a Dear Abby column, a New York mother details her mother in law Sharon’s overbearing attempts to influence how she raises eight year old Charlie. Sharon allegedly manipulated care, prompting a CPS inquiry that was dismissed, and the family now questions contact and consequences.
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New York
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Decatur
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