The Moral Cost of Modern Transplant Medicine ⋆ Brownstone Institute

The Moral Cost of Modern Transplant Medicine ⋆ Brownstone Institute

The Moral Cost of Modern Transplant Medicine by Joseph Varon at Brownstone Institute In a time when trust in public health is already hanging by a thread, recent revelations from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have delivered another blow—one that strikes at the very heart of medical ethics.  “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horri…

The Moral Cost of Modern Transplant Medicine

In a time when trust in public health is already hanging by a thread, recent revelations from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have delivered another blow—one that strikes at the very heart of medical ethics.  “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” Secretary Kennedy said. “The organ procurement organizations that coordinate …