Read the following case study and orally answer the listed questions. You are a
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Read the following case study and orally answer the listed questions. You are a very good and popular surgeon in a very famous hospital in Dubai. You have been approached by a man claiming to be from a group that buys and sells human organs from people who have died. This man has told you that there are many people who will die unless they receive an organ transplant soon. He said that he knows a woman who needs a new liver. She will die within the next week if she doesn't receive a new liver, and you are her last hope. The man has said that he has a compatible liver, but only needs a good surgeon like you to perform the operation. He will pay you 100, 000 dirhams to perform the operation. He says that he also knows more people like this woman who need new organs and he will pay you 100, 000 dirhams for each operation. He says that these people have been on hospital and government waiting lists for organs for many years now and they are all close to dying He says that without your help they will die. You have a lot of debt which needs to be paid of T and the money would help you a lot. Without this extra money the bank will foreclose on your home that you bought a year ago, and you will have no other place to live. Your wife is threatening to divorce you. if you don't find a way to pay your debts. You suspect that this man is buying human organs illegally, but you think that probably no one would find out about it because you could do the operations at night with some other medical professionals who could help you What do you do? Should you perform the operation and hope that no one finds out because you need the money? Should you perform the operation and hope that no one finds out to save the life of the woman who will die without your help? Should you tell him you won't do it and ignore what he is doing? Should you go to the government with your evidence of this illegal organ selling? Should you give sour evidence to an Emirati human rights group anonymously? What are the implications of each option? (Who is affected? How are they affected? What are the possible results?) What do you believe the best option? Why?Explanation / Answer
Illigal Organ Selling is no doubt a crime . Most importantly as a doctor, one should know who is the patient in the need of organ .Identity details of Unknown man, his organisation and person in need of organs should be taken and kept for reference. Moreover it is better to inform to families of dead people about the organ requirement. If families of dead people agree , then it should be taken in writting from them . Then operation has to be performed. If that unknown man says that he cannot provide the details of patient , then it is better to tell him that operation cannot be performed. Because it is riskier to trust unknown man . if doctor is detained for commiting crime, he will lose his job, he cannot pay debt and definately his wife will leave him .
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