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[quote=Anonymous]At present I believe a judge has ordered Sarah to be placed on the adult list.  So a judge has over-ridden the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network who usually makes these decisions.  My understanding is that Sarah will be placed on the adult list until another court review on June 14.  So are we okay with the court system making these decisions rather than a Network of doctors?

"Lung transplants are the most difficult of organ transplants, and children fare worse than adults, which is one reason for the existing policy, said Dr. Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University Langone Medical Center.

He called it troubling, and perhaps precedent-setting, for a judge to overrule that medical judgment, and predicted a run to the courthouse by patients who don't like their place on the waiting list."

"I'm not sure I want judges or congressmen or bureaucrats trying to decide what to do with organs at the bedside," Caplan said."

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/06/06/parents-file-lawsuit-in-girl-lung-transplant-case/?test=latestnews  [/quote]

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