In the Media: Fatal Error in Organ Transplant, Snopes Fact-Check
When the recipient of an organ transplant died because of an error in identifying the donor’s blood type, who among the many parties involved in organ procurement and transplantation is responsible and what is the ethical response? Hastings scholar Nancy Berlinger told the Post and Courier of South Carolina, where a lawsuit is pending, that everyone involved must apologize and take responsibility. “Safety is created every day by how people work together,” she said. Read the article. Berlinger is the author of the book After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness.
After legalizing medical aid in dying, did Hawaii procure dozens of “pods” where patients could end their lives, as a Facebook post claimed? No, said a Snopes fact-check, which cited the “Physician-Assisted Death” chapter in The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Briefings for information about the ethical debates on the practice. Read the Snopes article.
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