...Introduction I. Open with impact: People are dying. Dying when they do not need to be. But what if you could prevent it? By donating an organ, you can. In fact, medlineplus.gov in 2016 states that one donor can help as many as 50 people. 50 people. Saved by organs that someone deceased no longer even has a need for. Thesis Statement: According to the American transplant foundation in 2016, more than 120,000 Americans are currently on the waiting list to receive a lifesaving organ. An additional name is added to the list every ten minutes. With so many people in line, many lose hope. Sadly, 22 people die each day because they did not receive the organ that they needed to survive. According to Davidson of the Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and...
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...Organ Donation How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really want? In our day to day life we don’t know how the day could go. Losing loved ones is very hard for everyone; especially when there was a chance that they could have been saved. Today’s technology has allowed as that, when one life ends we can give another person a second chance to live by donating our organs. Many people have organ failure and waiting to get a transplant. Unfortunately many of ill people die due the lack of sufficient organ donors. For many reasons and false myths people don’t want to donate their organs. The debate has continued whether people should donate their organs or not after they are dead. The need is constantly growing. People should donate their organs for three reasons. First, donating organ is a social responsibility. There are thousands of people that are waiting to receive organ and many of them die waiting to have a donor. Organ donation helps these patients who might not survive their illness. Once we die our organ is not necessary to us, but if we donate it to someone in need, they will survive their illness and have a second chance to live. For example, someone who has a heart failure can survive, if he gets a matching heart from someone who is dead. Donating organ could help that person get to his normal life. There are far more in need of organ transplant than there are people willing to donate their organ. Donating organ makes a lot of...
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...Organ Donation by Prisoners There have been rumors that China has been harvesting organs from prisoners on a massive scale. There hasn't been a total amount of recorded incidents because China doesn't report them all and covers up any evidence after these secret operations have been performed. However, not everyone agrees with China’s communist government retrieving organs from the prisoners. All those that have stood up for these victims, most often than not, meet the same terrible fate as these prisoners so that they can continue their business in the black market. On the other hand, The United States are unsuccessful in finding organs for people who suffer from organ failures and die before an operation can be performed. In the United States, there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people waiting on a transplant list to receive an organ. A donor can save up to eight lives when giving his organs. The United States could have more organs available if we could allow prisoners to donate. However, we shouldn't force them to give up their organs, we should allow them to...
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...Organ Donation 1. ”I’m donating my kidney to a stranger” is an article written by journalist Richard Wilson in 2008. The article is about Paula MacKinnon, who is thought to be the first altruistic organ donor in Scotland. Paula’s mother, Katherine, suffered kidney failure in 2007, and Paula wanted to donate her kidney to her mother. However their blood groups weren’t compatible, so Paula decided to donate her kidney anyway, to whoever might need it. Neither of Paula’s parents was particularly fond of this idea, but Paula is the kind of person, who will help anyone in need. Paula’s husband, Colin, understands why she is donating her kidney. They are both BBC journalists and highly involved in charity. Colin worked on a programme about orphaned children in Ukraine in 2006, and Paula went there to help for three months. 2. The first text, “We must change the organ donation system” by Denis Campbell, describes (as the title implies) how Britain needs an update of their organ donation system. Three people die in Britain every day, due to shortage of organs, so his solution would be to adopt the “presumed content” system, just like many other European countries have done. The presumed content system allows surgeons to retrieve the organs of a dead citizen, unless said citizen has already refused permission for them to do so, or if their family members object. The second text, “The Ethics of Organ Donation by Living Donors” by Robert D. Truog, describes three categories...
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...Organ donation is highly debated in Britain. One of the issues is about the current donor system. Another issue is the way people can choose to donate their organs. The focus in the article "We Must Change the Organ Donation System" by Denis Campbell is the way people become donors today and if that should be changed. Campbell suggests the system is changed to a so-called "presumed consent" system where you are a donor when you are born. If you do not want to be a donor you have to change it, where today you need to register as a donor. Another problem with today's system is, as Campbell points out, that even if you are a donor, your family need to give their accept too, which can be an unnecessary distress for them. Another angle in the debate is the options people have when they want to donate an organ, and this brings some ethic dilemmas. "The Ethics of Organ Donation by Living Donors" by Robert D. Troug discusses these dilemmas. Today a living donor can give an organ to a loved one, donate an organ to the general pool or a directed donation to a stranger. In all three types of donations there are ethic problems. Because a living donor can give an organ to a family member, this can put pressure on the donor, and there is examples of medical staff helping the person lie about a reason not to donate. The directed donation can also be problematic. It can discriminate people waiting for an organ if the donor for instance only want to donate to white females. Finally, the general...
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...The National Organ Transplant Act implemented in 1984, prohibits the ability "for any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects interstate commerce." If human organs become a commodity in an open market, several ethical moral issues will arise. An open market is a freely competitive market in which any buyer or seller may trade and in which prices are determined by competition. One of the most highly demanded organs is the kidney but because demand is rising so high, supply is short and people cannot get what they need in time. For every 100,000 transplant operations needed each year, only 10,000 are performed. In my opinion, allowing open market organ donations should remain illegal firstly because, people could be coerced, in other words, forced by persuasion or threat to sell their organ. Secondly, the open market would discriminate against the poor who do not have the financial means to pay for a needed organ and thus will have to constantly complete against the rich. Thirdly, there is always the risk of citizens going around murdering one another to obtain an organ to sell leading into illicit trading and potentially, the...
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...Becoming an Organ/Tissue Donor In Order To Save Lives I. Introduction A. Can you imagine being in a waitlist of around 79,000 people because you are in need of an organ transplant and just having to sit down and debate in your thoughts on whether you are going to make it or not because you are in an infinite list where you don’t know if there are sufficient donors or not? B. Today, I will be describing to you the pain and worry thousands of U.S. patients on the transplant waiting list go through and explain how by donating your organs this could change and make a difference. C. After learning the number of people who die per day because of the excessive waiting list and insufficient number of donors for all these people, I researched the topic extensively. D. While you, your friends, and/or family members and loved ones may not be in the necessity of an organ transplant as of right now, imagine one of you in the need of one in the near or far future and being among those 79,000 waitlisted people, wouldn’t you want to help or be helped by those good hearted people that decided to donate and pass you the gift of life? E. Preview: Today I’ll explain why we should all become organ donors after our death by 1. outlining the problems in current insufficient organ donations; 2. explaining how by donating your organs, thousands of lives can be saved; 3. and describing what will happen in the future if we do not encourage each other to become donors. II. Body A. There are...
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...The article is interesting in the sense that one stranger opens his heart to save another man’s life by donating an organ. Davis wife sent over 140 letters of plea to friends and relatives. One of letters was given to Thompson’s coworker who was hoping that Thompson...
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...Organ transplant is when a doctor surgically removes a person’s organ and places it in the recipient’s body. But this can only happen when the donors were agreed to donate their organ or tissue to the recipient. People need organ transplant because it is often the only treatment for end state organ failure, such as heart and kidney failure. This can happen because the person is having an illness or injury and there is no other treatment for it. I strongly believe that it is right to transplant human organs, because organ transplant can save many people lives and it’s a solution to many illnesses. Donating your organs is basically, giving someone a second chance at life. The best thing is that everyone can donate organs at almost any age – anywhere between a newborn baby to 65 years old can donate, whether that person is alive or dying. Organ transplant is more important than many of us realise- for our society. Today millions of people in the world are in need of an organ or tissue transplant....
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...Name: Institution: Date: Title: Organ Donation – the life saver. Topic: Most of the times people face challenges with their body organs and yet most of us die with our organs which can be used to save a life. Purpose statement: to persuade the Red Cross club members in becoming organ donors and to act upon their decision to donate. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: What is the feeling of having to wait long for something that you really need? How do you feel when it’s something you can’t do without? Many years back, one of my best friends in primary school was diagnosed with a kidney failure. He was around seven years when the wait for a new kidney began. Two years later, he had been called thrice informing him that there was still no match for him. Fortunately for him, a young adult involved in a bad accident agreed to donate his organs after death. His kidney was the match that my friend needed. Similarly, most people would want to be able to say that they have saved a life? What other selfless way than becoming an organ donor? B. Tie to the audience: You never know whether one of the people on the waiting list would be you or somebody you know. C. Thesis statement: There is a growing need for organ donors and it is becoming a donor after death is a lifesaving decision. D. Thesis and Preview: I’d like to talk to you about the need for organ donors, how to become one after death and how it benefits both your family and the organ recipients. However, there are...
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...Every year, thousands of people in America die due to the lack of available organs. In the article, “Organ Sales Will Save Lives” by Joanne MacKay. The purpose of MacKay’s article was to raise awareness to the reader in regards to the thousands of people in the world that are in need of life saving organs, specifically kidneys. The author goes on to describe the grueling dialysis treatments for patients suffering End Stage Renal Disease and the lengthy wait for a cadaver donation. Unhappy with these outcomes, patients start to look for other options, which leads them overseas into the pit of the black market. The reason? The United States government bans the selling of organs. MacKay’s argument is that the government should legalize and regulate the sale of kidneys because “lives should not be wasted, they should be saved” (97). Banning organ sales takes away every Americans personal liberty by not giving them that right. As long as they are not hurting anyone; and as long as they do not infringe upon someone else’s personal freedoms, it is their choice to make (269). Choosing to sell a kidney or to not sell a kidney is up to the donor...
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...The organ shortage: To market, or not to market? Jessica Peabody Baker College Organ transplantation is a term that most people are familiar with. When a person develops the need for a new organ either due to an accident or disease, they receive a transplant, right? No, that's not always right. When a person needs a new organ, they usually face a long term struggle that they may never see the end of, at least while they are alive. The demand for transplant organs is a challenging problem that many people are working to solve. Countries all over the world face the organ shortage epidemic, and they all have different laws regarding what can be done to solve it. However, no country has been able to create a successful plan without causing moral and ethical dilemmas. The organ shortage is at a critical level, and unless a better system is devised, it will continue to get worse. The debate on whether to legalize and regulate organ trade through the free market has become a very controversial issue in the last decade. The shortage of organs is a problem the increases dramatically every day. In 2010, there were more than 112,000 people on the organ waiting list in the United States. However, there were only 14,507 donors. Of those donors, only 6,564 were "live donors" (UNOS, 2010). Organ trafficking is rising in popularity due to the constant increase in demand for organs and the continuous decrease in supply. Trafficking is the illegal trade of human organs such as the heart...
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...Body I. The shortage of organs is a serious problem with many contributing factors. A. We all herd different reasons from one person or another why you shouldn’t be an organ donor but all of them are just myths. 1. For example, have you ever heard that if you are in an accident and the hospital realizes you are an organ donor, then the doctors will not try as hard to save your life? a. According to Organdonor.gov, this is not true because a hospital’s main concern is always to save lives. b. The medical team is completely separate from the transplant team. c. The transplant team, called the Organ Procurement Organization, or OPO, is not even notified until death is legally declared and the family has been contacted. 2. Others are under the impression that they are not able to donate. a. For example, have you ever thought that you were too young to donate your organs? Well, you are not. b. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, anyone can indicate their intent to donate organs with their parents’ consent if there under the age of 18. c. Organs from newborns as well as the elderly are always needed. (Internal transition) Even if you have doubts about your eligibility, it is worth it to make plans anyway. If you intend to be a donor, it is critical that you plan properly...
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...Organ Donation Organ donation is a topic which contains many conflicting views. To some of the public population organ donation is a genuine way of saving the life of another, to some it is mistrusted and to others it is not fully understood. There are some techniques that can be used to increase donation. Of these techniques the most crucial would be being educated. If the life threatening and the critical shortage of organs were fully understood by the public, organ donation would more likely be on the rise. An effort is needed throughout the world to make people aware of the benefits this process contains. With communication, technology, and donors, organ donation can improve a person’s outlook on life by giving them a second chance on their own. (Egendorf 110-115) Technology has improved organ donation so much in the last couple years. There are numerous benefits of becoming an organ donor. Becoming an organ donor is one of the most selfless acts that a person can engage in. The facts on organ donation are staggering: there is an extreme shortage of available organs for patients that are in need. Understanding what organs can be donated can be vital in becoming an organ donor, as well as other factors’ including how being an organ donor affects the recipient who is eligible for donation. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, every day 19 people die who are waiting for organ transplants due to a shortage. (Holmes) The benefits of organ donation are...
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...Organ Donation How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really need? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? As we know Organ donation is a topic that is getting more and more common nowadays, so first it’s important to know what organ donation is about: According to the U.S Department of Health & Human Services Organ donation is the surgical process of providing one or more organs to be used for transplantation into another person. Organ donors can be deceased or living. There exists different type of organ donors. Some of them can be deceased or living. Deceased donors can provide six types of organs: kidney, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, and intestines. Deceased donors also can provide tissues (such as bones, skin, heart valves and veins) and corneas and Living donors can provide a kidney or a portion of the liver, lung or intestine, and in some instances, eyes and tissues. In 1954, Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant, since then they had been a lot of successfully organ transplants all over the world. Organ donation is more than just giving an organ is giving the other person another chance to live. It’s important to know the need of becoming and organ donor and some important points that consider are: According to a survey that we realized in class nowadays, It is important to know that 61% of the people think organ and tissue donation are very important but also there is a minimum percent...
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