Friday, November 12, 2004

Brought down the established order?

bookofjoe: BehindTheMedspeak: Robert Hickey, world's first internet-kidney recipient, writes bookofjoe Is that so? Do you really suppose one person's selfish attempt to place his own needs, along with the aid of several thousand dollars I might add, is that heroic? As a medical doctor (which he is), Mr. Hickey may want to address the ethics (or lack thereof) involved in his arrangement with both the website and the donor. Then again, I doubt that he would see it that way. After all, he's gotten what he wants, so the rest of the 184,000 plus recipients can just wait...unless, of course, Mr. Hickey would be willing to fork over some of that cold hard cash for a website listing for a someone who's been financially bankrupted by our medical establishment. How 'bout spreading some of that "love" around, if he's such a philanthropist? Then again, he may be too busy. Forget I mentioned it.