Euthanasia Study Raises 'Chilling' Concern That Patients Could be Killed to Harvest Better Organs - FoxNews.com: Doctors are harvesting lungs from patients in Belgium who’ve been euthanized because the organs are in much better condition compared to someone who has died in an accident, according to a study published in the journal Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology.
The authors of the study, "Initial Experience with Transplantation of Lungs Recovered From Donors," reported their experience with four recipients who received lungs between 2007 and 2009 from euthanized donors.
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