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Re: A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it

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Post by smcnally » Wed, Oct 05, 2016, 12:09 AM UTC

timecube wrote: post #136

smcnally wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't disagree the poor would be targeted or coerced to participate. I do disagree people would be "forced," en masse, to donate organs. I also think removing it as an option misses a lot of opportunities.

If you can't get government assistance because you have an "extra" kidney, and you need to feed your family, I wouldn't call that decision anything other than forced.

Is a government somewhere witholding assistance from anyone because they're not donating blood or an organ? Or is this a "logical conclusion" you presume it would be taken to should monetary compensation be made available to donors?

Re: A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it

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Post by Lordarminius » Thu, Oct 06, 2016, 5:08 AM UTC

AstralStorm wrote: post #135

Lordarminius wrote: post #59

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While there is a short fall of viable organs for donation, the issue the author raises here is one of long term risk . This is what gets brushed aside when the organ donation process is activated. Only now do we have results from long term study of donors and some of them as pointed out by the author are not good at all. This problem is not confined to kidney donations for instance, is a growing body of evidence that…

"Lasix" is not one technology or surgery. If you meant the oldest variant of LASIK or LASEK, the complications are known, it is quite major eye surgery. Newer variants have lower rate of both short and long term complications. (femto-LASIK, the Epi-LASIK and more modern no-touch variants) Also there are a few big studies comparing long term quality of life. Pretty favourable for surgery. This easily trumps "we found…

You are right and I appreciate the correction. I meant to write LASIK (the surgery) not lasix (the drug, furosemide)

Re: A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it

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Post by djtriptych » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 5:30 PM UTC

Retric wrote: post #114

djtriptych wrote: post #44

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It's a normal part of childhood development. The original comment suggests that hate is inborn and empathy is learned - no real evidence for that.

Empathy is a far more complex emotion.

Dogs have empathy.