Organ transplant market would save lives
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The current system of harvesting human organs wastes thousands of them, and hence the lives of those who need them, every year, but better systems are possible. People's property rights over their own organs should be explicitly recognized, rather than banned, in the law, and an options market in human organs encouraged to develop. Such a system would allow those who wish to sell the right to their organs and tissue, with a reasonable sum going to a designated recipient after the donor dies and the organs are transplanted.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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A brief life that could save others
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The law on brain death needs to be changed for anencephalics. Current law defines brain death as the complete stoppage of all brain activity, including brain stem-related functions such as breathing and heartbeat. This is to protect those with even the remotest chance of recovering some part of the upper brain functions of thinking and feeling. In the case of the anencephalic infant, there is no upper brain. Some meaning could be salvaged from their brief lives if their parents could permit organ donation.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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Courts have set differing standards of proof for fear-of-aids lawsuits. Some demand actual or potential exposure; others don't require any exposure at all
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Courts nationwide have pursued different interpretations of emotional-distress standards in the case of AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. The legal cases usually fall under one of three theories: general negligence, and either negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress. Tort theories also form three groups: requiring the plaintiff to show actual exposure, requiring only a demonstration of the presence of HIV, and requiring neither actual exposure nor the presence of HIV.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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