Should Apple Have Revealed More About CEO's Illness?

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 06/25/2009 - 3:20am

A hospital that performed a liver transplant on Apple CEO Steve Jobs said he got the liver because he had "end-stage liver disease" and was the sickest patient on the list.

Apple has been mum about his health status beyond saying Jobs would take six months off to deal with a "hormonal imbalance." Should Apple have disclosed more about his condition to investors?

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