NEGATIVE — MEDICAL — DISADVANTAGES 263

PRIVACY CONTROLS RESTRICT BENEFICIAL TRANSPLANTS

TRANSPLANTS SAVE LIVES AND THUS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM SHOULD BE PUBLIC

Masashi Yoshida, The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), August 14, 1999, SECTION: Pg. 2 TITLE: Privacy may endanger future of transplants // acs-EE2001

Hiroyuki Furukawa, an assistant professor at Hokkaido University who has witnessed many transplant operations in the United States, said that transplants save lives and the public should therefore have access to as much information about the procedures as possible.

PRIVACY PROTECTIONS HURT THE TRANSPARENCY NEED FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTS

Masashi Yoshida, The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), August 14, 1999, SECTION: Pg. 2 TITLE: Privacy may endanger future of transplants // acs-EE2001

Nevertheless, it will be hard to achieve transparency over organ transplants if the privacy of organ donors and their families is heavily protected.