An interesting scenario presents itself. You need an organ transplant, only to find out that your kid, who offered to give you one of his, he's not your biological kid. A discovery found in 1-3% of evaluations. So what do you do? Seems like it's a divided world out there.
Overall, 23% strongly agreed that the information should be shared; 24% strongly disagreed; and the rest were either mildly in favor, opposed or undecided. Of the potential recipients surveyed, 60% wanted to be told.
It seems like some institutions have taken the Don't Ask Don't Tell approach.
Many experts believe that the information should not be disclosed because it was not specifically sought, is not necessarily medically relevant and could be disruptive to the family. That said, experts advised transplant centers to develop policies on how to deal with these situations before they arise.
What do you think? Should you tell daddy he's not the daddy and should you tell the kid too?
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This is a good example of how our society brazenly attacks men. Of course you should tell. Not only should you tell, but you should be forced to tell. Every principle of law , justice or even morality says so. In every other analogous scenario we think you should tell or even are willing to severely punish people that are later found not to have told. That is how sociopathic it is not to tell.
You are driving down the road and watch a man stabbing a woman screaming for her life on the side of the road. You drive a little further and a cop pulls you over for speeding. "Many experts believe that the information [about the man murdering the woman] should not be disclosed because it was not specifically sought, is not necessarily... relevant and could be disruptive...." Wrong. You will go to jail for a long, long time if you don't tell.
Clearly, the father and the son both falsely believe they are related or else they wouldn't have come in the first place. You clearly have to assume they have been tricked into believing this by the mother of the son. Such a thing is a very serious crime even though it largely goes completely unpunished these days. By not telling, you become an accomplice to the fraud the mother is perpetrating just like not telling the cop about the homicide occurring down the street makes you an accomplice to murder.
It takes one hell of a sociopath to not see this. And, yes, I unequivocally have no problem calling a bunch of doctors, lawyers or even moral philosophers sociopaths. But, even if you were really worried about the consequences of telling, then clearly the policy should be to make them say in advance whether or not they want to be told NOT to never tell.
I guess you shouldnt basically because you wasnt looking for it. besides if a man is stressed trying to get a kidney in order to survive are you gonna leak that information. Its not easy, put in those guy shoes.
This post reminds me of
"Billie Jean, is not my lover, she's just a girl, who claims that I am the one, but
THE KID IS NOT MY SON!"
http://billietweets.com/
I have colleagues who do genetic linkage studies for diseases (e.g. diabetes), and one of the problems encountered often enough is a family member not wanting to participate for fear of uncovering (ahem) 'non-paternal events.' (= "the kid's not yours")
Marco
Wouldn't it just be enough to tell them that they aren't a match? Obviously, they won't match, and just say this is part of human variation; even true offspring aren't always compatible.
Marco
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