Consequences of that organ transplant story

This story keeps evolving. Now, the upshot is that people are understandably and wisely cautious about signing up to be an organ donor. And that’s the latest story.

Allegations that a transplant surgeon tried to speed a patient’s death to recover his organs could dissuade potential donors at a time when the national waiting list for critical organs keeps growing, some experts say.

“One of the biggest fears that people have about organ donation is that their death will be hastened if they’re identified as a donor,” bioethicist Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania and MSNBC.com contributor said Tuesday.

Exactly. Take precautions. Be informed.