The article summaries what is happen around living donors after organ donation operation. Paul Hawks was died while he donating a portion …show more content…
for his brother in 2010. After two years, Lorraine Hawks was still in mourning for her husband nearly two years and planning to sue the Lahey Clinic where Paul Hawks’ husband was treated, this planning affiliated with Tufts University. Hawks’ lawyer David Meyer have given some judges to protect his plaintiff around this happened such as Paul’s characteristic did not tally with organ donation, some accidents made him to bleed to death and he died when he gave his liver to his brother. But a CNN gave a report that Loraine have involved in many procedure when her husband treatment. In addition, the information about surgery did not update regularly for him, somehow it against with the union law; alternatively there is a new unusual operation was used on Paul Hawks. The population by cadaver donors in transplanting more than ten years but Paul’s death had given doubt donors face. On the one hand, John Renz’s opinions who are the director of liver transplantation at University of Chicago gave advices for organ donors such as they should have a cautious advisory about health, formality and some cases before. On the other hand, he gave his judges while being in the medical brand similar to protect surgeons. Firstly, the surgeons can never self-satisfied when there are more donors, it likes a special day. Secondly, it had just one a half percent for a death or dangerous accident around living donors, tobacco and obese are the reasons why patients ‘health were seriously when they had been transplanted. On Valentine’s Day, Lorraine Hawks wrote that “My valentine, that twinkle in your eye … I miss you so much. Love, Lorraine,” (2)
The article is not quite informative, it is not only oriented the readers to access a hot issue in health which is organ donor, but also gave us some convincing arguments of author about this issue. Through this article, the fact was opened in an accent of verity and some valuable recommends were also delivered sensibly. The author began the article with a person who is died while donating a portion of his liver to his brother and his wife was planning to file a lawsuit against the clinic. The author used the simple truth source, update evidences with the language are very easy to understand, and a serious style and tone whose is made the reader had an overview about this article.
Furthermore, the author wisely when combined three evidences by CNN report, Hawks’ lawyer David Meyer, John Renz’s voices who are the director of liver transplantation at University of Chicago. Firstly, the incisive evidences in surgeons medicine by CNN, moreover some specialize words are used like “red flags”, “pre-operation EKG”, “massive blood transfusion protocol”, “laparoscopic procedure” (2). Those words emphasis the condition of the patient when they dying. Secondly, the voice’s David Meyer had compassion for Paul Hawks. Thirdly, on the one hand, John Renz’s gave advices for organ donors such as they should have a cautious advisory about health, formality and some cases before. On the other hand, he gave his judges while being in the medical brand similar to protect surgeons. All these evidences makepeople especially patient or their relative need think carefully before making decision.
Another argument, the report from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that the information about surgery did not update regularly for him, somehow it against with the union law.
Lahey clinic did not comment on the case due to the potential litigation once again, this information affirmed carelessness in work from this clinic. At the end of the article, this is a sweet sentence by Lorriane Hawks which wrote on an online guest book for her husband “"My valentine, that twinkle in your eye … I miss you so much. Love, Lorraine,” wrote Hawks. It made the reader not only to be moved but also a confidence for Lorriane Hawks was being prepared a suit against the Lahey …show more content…
Clinic.
This article was updated from Medical Unit on the ABC News.com which is a famous website in U.S.
Gillian Mohney who is the author of this article; she had more than 400 articles, stories, blogs, videos and photos in ABC News.com (1) so this fact was affirmed her amount of knowledge and quality from articles. Despite my inability to write fluency but I was greatly interested in this article. In this article, the writer uses concerned language, it is suitable for almost reader in all ages especially elderly and their relative. Moreover, the author gives us the specific judges from CNN and the director in surgeon medical. The author 's opinions are given with to make it both objective and subjective. In addition, some words are quite difficult for reader to understand such as “red flags”, “pre-operation EKG”, “massive blood transfusion protocol” (2), etc. However, it might have been better for the author to have written this article as a commentary with more than comments by yourself about this topic, should have just been two value evidences to make the work more successful.
After reading this article, I think the patient should have a right decision when they want to organ donation. As John Renz said “It’s always a special day when there is a living donor.” so the clinic and the surgeon should have a highest responsibility to reduce lowest a real risk with approximately one incident in every 200 cases (2). Besides, the government should have concessionary for the organ donation
and the living donors.
Thanks to this article “Organ Donor Death Raises Questions about Living Donors” we can know more about organ donation and the living donor. Many people have prejudice about this problem, but when you read the article, you will know the feeling, and thinking of the patients who choose organ donation. As well as why they do that. From that, we will have a positive thought about this issue.
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References: 1. Gillian Mohney, refine search,
<http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=gillian%20mohney#> viewed: 20th August, 2012 2. The ABCNEWS, 11th April, 2012,
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/04/11/organ-donor-death-raises-questions-about-living-donors/>, viewed 13th August, 2012.