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Study: Hospice patients feel abandoned by doctors

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

Doctors spend years learning how to heal, but most are fairly ignorant about how to act toward patients when they run out of treatments, suggests a study today. Often, once doctors refer a patient to hospice care, they end all … Continue reading →

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A Miracle Denied

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

A teenager’s death after two sets of transplants raises questions of procedure and ethics. more

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Families and organ shortage

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

The UK’s organ donation rate is one of the lowest in western Europe because grieving relatives are reluctant to allow such procedures, a study says. more

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Beating heart transplant UK first

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

Doctors have carried out the UK’s first successful beating heart transplant. more

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Organ retention compensation deal

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

Relatives of people whose organs were retained by Scottish hospitals without consent are to get 5,000 compensation. more

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Face transplant deemed a success

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

The world’s first face transplant has been deemed a success by the surgeons who carried out the operation. more

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Flesh Trade

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

How’s this for a repugnant situation? Take someone you love, perhaps your spouse or your sibling, and find a stranger who will accept a really big bet that your loved one will die prematurely, and if indeed that happens, you … Continue reading →

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Radical changes for organ donors

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

Laws governing organ donation and tissue retention are to be radically changed, possibly allowing many more organ transplants. more

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Stolen bones used in operation

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

A patient has been implanted with a body part which was allegedly stolen in the US, a hospital has confirmed. more

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Organ sales

Posted on 2010-10-13 by egle.tuzaite

The sale of organs taken from executed prisoners appears to be thriving in China, an undercover investigation by the BBC has found. more

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