What a crazy few weeks this has been. Sorry for not posting weekly but I was dropped from the class by financial aid....you know not enough money...anyway I'm back! I see that I have missed two good qotws but it's ok because I really enjoyed this one. I saw the episode of Private Practice that our weekly question is about and I have to admit that as I was watching it I thought that would be a great question of the week and if it isn't I am definitely going to put it in my blog. I thought the story of those two sisters was very touching. The sister that wanted to donate her kidney to her sister was a survivor of domestic violence and the sister that was sick was all that she had left to help her raise her kids. I understand why she wanted to give her sister the transplant because her being there for her was extremely important. I honestly don't think it's a bad thing to receive an organ from someone that is HIV+ especially if both parties are receptive. I know that doctors want to stop the spread of HIV, but even if it means saving a life? Maybe we should rethink some things in the medical community.
DID YOU KNOW........
African Americans have the highest AIDS case rate per 100,000 population of all ethnic/racial groups--66.4 per 100,000 population compared with 8.2 for whites.
National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities. HIV/AIDS Statistics. Retrieved October 21, 2009 from http://www.naesmonline.org/hiv_aidstats.htm
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I agree with you on that it is important to save someone's life rather than think about the HIV part. The government should rather be spending more time on preventing people from sleeping around or injecting illegal drugs. Those are a lot more common reasons than anthing else.
ReplyDeleteI thought this week's QOTW was a really good one. I didn't see the episode,but I put myself in that situation having two brothers. I would give or take the kidney even if it were HIV positive. I would rather live three years versus three days. I want to enjoy as much life as I can and I would want my siblings around, as well. The fact that was HIV was involved, honestly, would not even be a factor in my decision. I agree - it is important to save a life!
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