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This may have chilling effect on bone marrow donors.(Medical Law Case of the Month)

Publication: Medical Law's Regan Report
Publication Date: 01-MAY-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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CASE ON POINT: Wicks v. Vanderbilt Univ., No. M2006-00613-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.App. 03/21/2007) S.W.3d--TN

CASE FACTS: Tom Wicks a 39 year-old, self-employed landscaper who habitually donated blood, decided to become a bone marrow collection candidate through the National Registry maintained a...

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...by the Nation Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). The NMDP has framework of three separate entities by which volunteers are able to donate their own bone marrow for patients in need of transplants: Transplant centers, donor centers, and collection centers. Transplant centers treat patients with illnesses for which chemotherapy has proven unsuccessful, and who await bone marrow donations for a transplant. A donor center is a regional organization that coordinates with registered donors when they are identified as potential matches for patients in need of a transplant. When a potential donor consents to a procedure and is prepared to proceed with...

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