http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/2011/12/06/bone-marrow-and-organ-donation-a-comment-from-professor-alex-capron/ Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/2011/12/06/bone-marrow-and-organ-donation-a-comment-from-professor-alex-capron/comment-page-1/#comment-17415 Greg Traver Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:43:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/?p=2119#comment-17415 It is a very sad testament to our society when the technology exists to save lives (and money) and it is stymied by a legal and bureaucratic system that claims that it is doing everything possible to advance healthcare. The old axiom, “follow the money trail” certainly is in effect in this case. There is simply too much money to be made from pharmaceuticals and that money lobbies very hard to bury an other legitimate procedures via the legal system. The only hope that we have to ever effect change is to keep beating the drum to raise public awareness. It is a very sad testament to our society when the technology exists to save lives (and money) and it is stymied by a legal and bureaucratic system that claims that it is doing everything possible to advance healthcare. The old axiom, “follow the money trail” certainly is in effect in this case. There is simply too much money to be made from pharmaceuticals and that money lobbies very hard to bury an other legitimate procedures via the legal system. The only hope that we have to ever effect change is to keep beating the drum to raise public awareness.

]]> http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/2011/12/06/bone-marrow-and-organ-donation-a-comment-from-professor-alex-capron/comment-page-1/#comment-17361 Iain Mars Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:01:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/?p=2119#comment-17361 I registered for the British Bone Marrow Register about 10 years ago. I never heard anything from them until a few months ago when I received a letter telling me I was a potential match for someone. I have no idea about who this person is or why they need my bone marrow but I decided to go ahead with the tests and hopefully I will be able to make a difference to this persons life. I registered for the British Bone Marrow Register about 10 years ago. I never heard anything from them until a few months ago when I received a letter telling me I was a potential match for someone. I have no idea about who this person is or why they need my bone marrow but I decided to go ahead with the tests and hopefully I will be able to make a difference to this persons life.

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