[ SECRET POST #3119 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3119 ⌋

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[diet_poison]

man. that's rough.

I can see where that's hard actually because consensual organ donation is a very big deal.

Thanks for answering my question!

[elialshadowpine]

If the girlfriend offered it willingly, then it's not the medical practitioner's place to decide whether they should share the information. Unless you are working in mental health, your focus is on the patient's health, not possible emotional consequences, especially if someone is going to die if they do not receive the transplant ASAP (the lists are long and hellish to get through; I have a friend who is about two points short of being able to go on the transplant list, she has cirrhosis and alpha-1 disorder, and the longer they put it off, the more complications she develops and the lower her survival chances become, but since she's two points off, she can't be listed until her liver gets worse despite the complications, and the fact that if she does get worse, it is possible she may not survive the transplant, and there's usually a multi-year wait once you're on the transplant list, unless you get really, really lucky). Yes, it will royally suck for her emotionally if the girlfriend breaks up with her, but she'll be alive. That should be the doctor's top priority, and what Cameron did is I believe actionable under medical law; certainly, it would be reason for administrative action, at the very least. I don't remember the episode well enough to say whether that was included or not.

(Mom works in medical. Psych, but she did the nurse version of residency in military ER. While the tough decisions weren't up to her as a nurse, she saw enough of the consequences that she is very, very hardcore in her stances on the importance of medical professionalism and priority.)

[diet_poison]

I do agree. But it sucks because there might be serious consequences afterward, the survivor will probably have horrible guilt, the girlfriend will have horrible pain, and a messy lawsuit is not outside the realm of possibility. So even though I agree it's the right thing to do, it's a messy situation.