Word: donor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than isolated novelties created by media hype. In fact, they bring into public focus a controversy over the medical ethics and social implications of organ transplants. The task force has completed its study, addressing the problem of how to allocate organ transplants in the face of too few donor organs and too little money. Aside from this immediate concern, one of its major goals is, according to Marc S. Roberts, professor of political economy at the Harvard School of Public Health, and member of the committee, to "set a precedent" for the way the state should handle science ethics...
...Garrison, 5, of Clarksville, Ind., was born without bile ducts, which drain bile out of the liver, and she will die unless she gets a liver transplant. A country-and-western band has so far helped raise $20,000, but the Garrisons also need publicity to find a liver donor. Both Indiana Senators are assisting. To further promote Amie's cause, the Garrisons hope she can join President Reagan in lighting the national Christmas tree next week...
Gerald Boucher, age 44, of South Hadley, Mass., died from rejection of his second heart after doctors at the Harvard affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the donor, a 38 year-old Connecticut nurse who died in an accident, gave him a $57,000 new lease on life 10 months...
Boucher was readmitted to Brigham and Women's November 25 after the latest of rejection led his doctors to apply for a new heart, but he died before a donor organ could be located...
Diflo said that, despite a good initial response at Harvard, the donor turn-out has been low in the past three days and there is "no way to gauge" whether the Harvard-Yale competition has helped it toward its 1400-pint goal...