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HCS 335 Week 4 Biomedical Example
Instructions
Resource: Ch.
1 of Health Care Ethics (6th ed.)
Mickey
Mantle received a liver transplant in 1995. He was a Baseball Hall of
Fame
center fielder for the New York Yankees whose liver was failing
because of
cirrhosis and hepatitis. Although the waiting period for a liver
transplant in
the United States is about 130 days, it took only two days for the
Baylor
Medical Center's transplant team to find an organ donor for the 63-
year-old
former baseball hero.
According
to the director of the Southwest Organ Bank, Mantle was moved
ahead of others
on the list because of his deteriorating medical condition; however,
there were
mixed feelings about speeding up the process for a celebrity. Mantle
was known
for overcoming immense obstacles, and many argued that the medical
system
should provide exceptions for heroes. He was also a recovering
alcoholic, which
further complicated the ethical implications of the case. Because of
Mantle's
medical problems, doctors estimated that he had only a 60 percent
chance for a
three-year survival; whereas, liver transplant patients typically have
about a