{"id":1764,"date":"2012-05-18T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2012-06-12T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T15:50:37","slug":"youre-worth-more-dead-than-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2012\/05\/18\/youre-worth-more-dead-than-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Worth more Dead than Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicaltranscription.net\/worth-more-dead-than-alive\/\">MedicalTranscription.net<\/a>, here&#8217;s a rather fabulous little infographic about the value &#8211; well, the price &#8211; of transplant organs.<br \/>\n(Update: moved below the fold, because otherwise you have the time to grow a liver in a petri-dish before the page has loaded.)<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2012\/05\/18\/youre-worth-more-dead-than-alive\/dead-than-alive\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1766\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/files\/2012\/05\/dead-than-alive.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"3290\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Finder&#8217;s credit goes to Otago&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bioethicscentre.posterous.com\/\">Bioethics Centre<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via MedicalTranscription.net, here&#8217;s a rather fabulous little infographic about the value &#8211; well, the price &#8211; of transplant organs. 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