What does "ground zero" mean to you? And how do you know "different"?
Try reading, with an open mind, some people who might just "know different" from you:
The Real Myths of Organ Donation
THE HEART-STOPPING TRUTH ABOUT ORGAN DONATION
What is ‘brain death’? A British physician’s view
Forbes Magazine: Desperate Arrangements - "The demand for transplants can't be met by altruistic organ banks, so Internet brokers are stepping into the breach. It's not a pretty picture."
Washington Post: Organ Demand Forces Dilemmas - "Preemptive and invasive organ preservation without family consent is just one of several increasingly aggressive organ procurement strategies coming into use in this country... [Washington D.C. law already permits "organ harvesting" without consent]"
“”””Ruben Navarro, who was dying of a rare metabolic disorder, had been on life support for four days and was expected to die.”””
Question: How viable could Ruben’s liver/spleen/pancreas been if he was dying from a rare, incurable(?) metabolic disorder?
Why was he not eligible to get a transplant?
See what I mean? - this is just too inequitable/unethical.
I work in a hospital setting dealing with patients who are sometimes pronounced brain dead due to trauma. In my facility nobody gets different treatment because they have or have not signed a donor card or whether they do or do not have insurance. Nothing is done without family consent and families are not pressured. Flow studies are done on the brain at different intervals to diagnose brain death. I’m sure there are abuses within the system, but they aren’t the norm and I’ve never seen anything that raised my ethical eyebrows. There is so much oversight and review by different parties it would be very difficult for graft to occur. The people involved in the process are caring, well trained, and ethical. They are involved because they are committed to saving lives, but not at the expense of murdering an ill or injured patient. The harvest team doesn’t come from within the hospital. They have no contact with the donor or the donor’s family. I will look at your links with an open mind, but ask you have an open mind too. The picture being painted on this thread of money grubbers butchering patients to line their pockets is ludicrous. This is not something done lightly — our whole facility is saddened when a life is lost and dollar signs are far from anybody’s mind.