Nowadays the donation is a topic little known and addressed by the society, this lead us to consider psychological, cultural and ethical aspects. As a matter of fact, Bogota citizens have had a strong religious belief. Despite this, a research by people of health and transplant institutions in Bogota showed that this is not the main reason or the main obstacle of the social attitudes toward organ and tissue donation; the results show that the lack of information and misinformation that citizens have had about donation and transplants have been the main determinants of wrong or negative attitudes in the general population.
Transplant Australia has identified an innate apprehensiveness towards the practise of donating organs within certain ethnic minorities, stemming largely from the cultural and religious beliefs within these communities. Within the Chinese community, in particular, interpretations of Buddhist scriptures, culture-specific superstitions, and associations with illegal organ harvesting were defined to be the primary factors that discouraged further discussion and pursuit of more information. In order for the campaign to be successful, the campaign would have to effectively combat this combination of misconception and ingrained beliefs within the community.
Since that time donation has been the only way to increase the current supply of transplantable organs. Some people are uncomfortable with the idea of organ donation due to misconceptions and lack of knowledge. In fact, organ transplant recipient Dr. Phil H. Berry, Jr. points out that there would be less deaths of people waiting for transplants, “if Americans would overcome their reluctance to become organ donors” (29). Organ donation whether it is upon your death or giving a part of a liver or one kidney while you are alive is a charitable gesture towards your fellow man and could give meaning to the end of your life. The mere act of donating could bring more peace to your loved ones at the time of your death and as a result, you could give
Kishore begins his paper by discussing the high demands for organ donation. By doing this Kishore illustrates that donation through waiting lists and from deceased individuals does not fill the needs of our population, resulting in around 17 people per day dying while waiting for a transplant. Kishore then discusses organs acquired through donation, which is widely regarded as an altruistic process. However, Kishore demies this notion by stating that donation of organs is not as altruistic as it seems. When someone donates their organ it does not go to the person more in need or most deserving but typically to someone known by the donor, to fulfill their own desire to not loose that person. Kishore even challenges anonymous donation stating that it is typically motivated by an attempt to satisfy one’s own needs, all donation is tainted by one’s own desires and are not truly altruistic. For Kishore these conventional methods of acquiring organs accept the idea that a recipient may benefit at the expense of another and that a donor may forfeit their bodily integrity. By accepting these two ideas, Kishore believes that selling organs should therefore be
I'm going to write about how the Mayan, Aztecs, and the Inca and how they influenced others. They all made a good influence for other tribes. Based on these three tribes and how we got to where we are so far. It's a good thing the tribes were here before us?
Transplantation in Canada is growing. Over the past decade, organ transplants have increased by 44 percent in Canada. The need for transplants continues to exceed the supply of organs and Canada’s organ donation rate is unacceptably low. CNA believe that a national comprehensive integrated approach is needed to improve organ donor rates in Canada. CNA made the following recommendations ; increase education of health professionals to ensure that they have a good knowledge and understanding of: the benefits of organ transplantation and the suitability of organs for donation or referral, the process to be followed within the particular institution; techniques to manage the sensitivities cultural, religious and ethical components of communicating
The authors then proceed to outline their study purpose, research design, methods of data collection and analysis, their findings, conclusions, and clinical relevance of their quantitative study. The authors state the study was conducted “To examine differences in spirituality, purpose in life, and attitudes toward organ donation between people who signed and those who did not sign an organ donor card” (p.25).
George Bernard Shaw once said, “Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.” This statement is very true to the scientific world. A prime example of this is the Henrietta Lacks story. Lacks had a bad case of cervical cancer and doctors from John Hopkins took some cells from her tumor. Those cells eventually became the first immortal cells and still grow today. The cells have also made very important contributions to science such as polio vaccine, cloning, and gene mapping. However, even though a lot of money has been made from these cells, the family hasn’t gotten anything in return. This is completely wrong. Why should the companies be making money while the family can barely afford the care they need? Anyone who donates tissue should be compensated for what they give to the science community.
Presumed Consent can increase overall organ donation rate which able to save more life in the community. In fact, higher organ donation rate guarantees greater overall number of organ number of organ transplant and lower demand on new organ supply. Furthermore, the number of death patient waiting for new organ can be reduced and many lives can be saved within presumed consent organ donation system. As published in BMC Medicine, stated that ‘opt-out consent (presumed consent) also associated with an increase in the total number of livers and kidneys transplant’. James Mclntosh (2014) has stated Spain is the most successful country that has the highest organ donation rate. The reason behind the success is that Spain fully make efficient use of media to spread across the public information about presumed consent organ donation to public. Furthermore, Spain also had transplant coordinator teams and better facility that would greatly aid the donors (James Mclntosh 2014). In other words, presumed consent can improve
3. Many stigmas related to organ donation - relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must
This article holds that under certain circumstances, people should be allowed to donate their body parts to those who are in need. Three metaphors are presented to support the thesis. The gift metaphor holds that there is a general consensus that the body is a gift hence it is morally acceptable to donate them to people in need as a gift. The resource metaphor states that the state, authorities and the medical fraternity tend to perceive the body as a resource. The commodity metaphor holds that body organs are acutely scarce a situation that creates an extremely high demand from potential donors who are equally desperate to donate them to those in need. These metaphors suggest that donation of body parts to those in need is not only morally justifiable but also legally acceptable. It is very rational to donate a body part when the donor is well-informed that the transplant means giving life to another and that no suffering result from it. Organs are so valuable to be wasted because individuals neither think about the possibility of living after a transplant of after death.
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate.
With people making important decisions about their body every day the subject of organ donation becomes increasingly important. For years, the topic has been the source of many controversial debates regarding its ethical and moral ideations. Organ donation should remain voluntary for several reasons: first and foremost it is still considered a donation. Next, patients and their families should have the right to say no to medical procedures. And, lastly, bodily autonomy should be respected by healthcare professionals. Many argue, however, that organ donation should be mandatory as to decrease not only the time spent on an organ donation list but also the risks of mortality while waiting for a new organ. Families often have the final say in
In the field of organ transplantation, the role of altruism is significant to the welfare of the society. Organ donation is founded on the principles of altruism that is an action taken by a person to benefit others without regard to the consequences on him or herself. Life-saving organ transplantation relies upon a supply of donated organs. However, not all potential organ donations are considered
In this paper I will be using the normative theory of utilitarianism as the best defensible approach to increase organ donations. Utilitarianism is a theory that seeks to increase the greatest good for the greatest amount of people (Pense2007, 61). The utilitarian theory is the best approach because it maximizes adult organ donations (which are the greater good) so that the number of lives saved would increase along with the quality of life, and also saves money and time.
According to United Network for Organ Sharing (2010) organ donations and transplantation are the removal of organs and tissues from one person and placed into another person’s body. The need for organ transplantation usually occurs when the recipient organ has failed (UNOS, 2010). Organ donation can save the lives of many individuals who are on the waiting list for an organ donation. Becoming an organ donor can be a difficult decision. Many people have the false beliefs about being an organ donor. An example would be if organ donor is on their driver’s license and a person is in a life-threatening accident everything will not be done to save their life. There is an increase need for organ donors and unfortunately the need for organ