Harasim, Paul,
I Need an Organ Donor. Paul Harasim. - Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 16, Health, 1522-323X; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: I Need an Organ Donor, Aug. 25, 2004; pp. 1A.
"Less than a week after his 'I Need a Liver--Please Help Me' national media campaign began, [Todd] Krampitz, a cancer patient, underwent successful liver transplant surgery on Aug. 12 [2004] at Houston's Methodist Hospital. Doctors there used a liver from an out-of-state donor whose family specifically asked that the organ go to him." (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL) This article discusses the controversy stirred up by Krampitz's direct donation campaign as critics claim "his campaign allowed him to jump over others on the [organ donation] priority list."
1522-323X;
Awareness
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Organ donors
Transplantation of organs
AC1.S5
050
I Need an Organ Donor. Paul Harasim. - Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 16, Health, 1522-323X; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: I Need an Organ Donor, Aug. 25, 2004; pp. 1A.
"Less than a week after his 'I Need a Liver--Please Help Me' national media campaign began, [Todd] Krampitz, a cancer patient, underwent successful liver transplant surgery on Aug. 12 [2004] at Houston's Methodist Hospital. Doctors there used a liver from an out-of-state donor whose family specifically asked that the organ go to him." (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL) This article discusses the controversy stirred up by Krampitz's direct donation campaign as critics claim "his campaign allowed him to jump over others on the [organ donation] priority list."
1522-323X;
Awareness
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Organ donors
Transplantation of organs
AC1.S5
050