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Article: MEDICAL EXAMINERS SOMETIMES HOLD UP ORGAN RELEASE: STUDY
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- November 24, 1994
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TRANSPLANTS
About 1,000 people a year may be going without lifesaving transplants because medical examiners refuse to release organs from the dead, usually for no good reason, a study indicates.
Thousands of people die each year awaiting organs, and many more linger on waiting lists, hoping organs will become available.
The study did not try to estimate directly the number of lives lost because of medical examiners' refusal to release organs, but most transplants are reserved for people with terminal or potentially deadly conditions.
Some medical examiners believe they might lose needed evidence in legal cases if they ...