facts to consider when thinking about liver transplants. Alcoholism is the leading cause of liver disease‚ donor livers are extremely scarce and liver transplants are very expensive to perform. These facts force us to ask the question‚ Should alcoholism be a factor in deciding who receives liver transplants? I propose that alcoholics who have done nothing to better their condition should be placed at the bottom of the waiting list for liver transplants. Not all alcoholics should be excluded from
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story of Horacio Alberto Reyes-Camarena‚ a death row inmate receiving dialysis due to kidney failure. He desires a tax-payer funded kidney transplant in order to discontinue his dialysis treatment. Regrettably‚ kidneys are in high demand with over one-hundred thousand people waiting for a kidney transplant at the beginning of this year (“Organ Donation and Transplant Statics”). The question then becomes‚ should a scarce resource‚ such a kidney‚ be given to a death row inmate? Prisoners not only should
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one hand‚ organ transplant operations in China become “transplant tourism” because only wealthy foreigners can afford to get organ transplant in China where there are not enough organs parts for Chinese citizens‚ or they cannot afford to pay such operations‚ as health insurance doesn’t pay for them. On the other hand‚ China’s medical sector is in unstable condition‚ and foreigners pay fortune to get organ transplant‚ as a result many doctors and others involved in the transplant industry cannot
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Internal Memorandum of the Law for Defenses Of the State of Utah for Polygamist Marriages PA499: Bachelors Capstone Project in Paralegal Studies MEMORANDUM TO: Ted Leopold‚ ESQ. FROM: Keith A. Swift PARALEGAL DATE: October 16‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Deborah Evans-Polygamy defenses for state of Utah Facts: Deborah Evans Met Aaron Conway and his wife Barb Conway five years ago as part of the religious sect Canyon County Family Society that has existed for 25 years with 120
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Defendant-Petitioner‚ -versus- CIVIL CASE NO. L-12345 For: Ejectment JANE DOE‚ Plaintiff-Respondent. x-------------------------------------------------------------------------x MEMORANDUM COME NOW PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT‚ through the undersigned counsel‚ unto this Honorable Supreme Court most respectfully submit and present this Memorandum in the above-titled case and aver that: THE PARTIES 1. Plaintiff-Respondent Jane Doe is of legal age‚ single‚ and residing on 1010 Ginoo Boulevard‚ Pasay City‚ where she
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About Face: The Face Transplant Debate By Sherri L. Rodney-Kahle HCA 322 Health Care Ethics and Medical Law Professor Dolores Thomas July 13‚ 2009 About Face – The Great Face Transplant Debate The first successful human organ transplant in the United States was performed on December 23‚ 1954. On that date‚ a kidney was successfully transplanted‚ with the organ donated by a living identical twin of the recipient (Kaserman‚ 2007). More than fifty years have now passed since that first
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many people are actually on the transplant waiting list? How many people are able to find the correct match and receive the transplant? THESIS STATEMENT: With the information I am about to give you‚ hopefully you would become a registered donor and save many lives after your death. BODY There are 120‚000 people on the waiting list to receive an organ transplant. Each day about 22 people die from either waiting or cannot find a correct match to get a transplant. In a year span over one thousand
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Memorandum To: Stockholders of Carpino Company CC: Ms. Lydia Money‚ Chief Executive Officer From: W. E. Count‚ Financial Analyst Date: 10/5/13 Re: Corporate Financial Position/Statement of Cash Flows I have been charged to examine the Financial Statements of Carpino Company for the purpose of providing an objective opinion regarding organizational capacity to generate sufficient cash to continue as a going concern. Toward that end‚ I have examined financial statements and have prepared the
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Memorandum –to-the- File: Comprehensive Income Date: June 5‚ 2013 RE: Question about the definition or example of comprehensive income. Facts: I have been contacted by my client who has asked the question about the definition or example of comprehensive income. In recent years‚ there is increased use of fair values for measuring assets and liabilities. Furthermore‚ possible reporting of gains and losses related to fair value has placed a strain on income reporting. Because fair values are
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About Sakra Liver Transplant Program‚ is an Initiative of the Sakra Institute of Digestive and HPB Sciences to establish a state of the art center for Liver Transplant and end-stage organ disease management with emphasis on a patient centric approach in delivering the best quality healthcare services backed by a fine blend of Japanese technology and processes with the knowledge and expertise of Indian doctors. We also strongly believe in a multidisciplinary approach especially when dealing with
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