I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Kidney Broker Sentenced to Prison as Donor Recalls Doubts

Kidney Broker Sentenced to Prison as Donor Recalls Doubts:

By David Glovin and David Voreacos -, bloomberg.com

Sec­onds before the anes­the­sia kicked in at the start of a 2008 surgery in a Min­neso­ta hos­pi­tal, Elahn Quick said he was no longer cer­tain he want­ed to sell his kid­ney. By then, it was too late.

“Before I fin­ished the con­ver­sa­tion, …



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