Hots on Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Nowhere near enough of them do anyway, which is causing many ill non-white people in need of an organ to look abroad on the dodgy black market for one, or putting their immediate family members under great pressure to donate. There is a feature on the subject on the BBC news now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 There is a feature on the subject on the BBC news now. Radio, TV, which Channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Radio, TV, which Channel? On the 24hr BC news channel on the freeview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 But it doesn't matter what colour the patient is a liver will go into all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 But it doesn't matter what colour the patient is a liver will go into all. You would have thought so, I certainly did, but clearly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 you get racist livers too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Since George Best died there has been a surplus of livers for whites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) But it doesn't matter what colour the patient is a liver will go into all. No it won't, there has to be a donor match. Edited July 31, 2015 by SnailyBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milquetoast1 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I've seen these posters in hospitals: http://www.aclt.org/js/tiny_mce/plugins/imagemanager/files/ODR_poster_ASIANBLACK_COMBI_landscape_2_-_WEB.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Lower consent rates for organ donation found among racial and ethnic minorities and older donors As I expected, that age old enemy of reason and human progress, religion, is cited as one of the reasons for the disparity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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