Communitarian Views On Organ Donation

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

Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save.

The Organ Donor shows Mr. Potato Head in the foreground of the photo holding a sign that proclaims himself as an organ donor while his parts remain in the background (2014). This photo serves as a piece of visual rhetoric that comments on organ donation by arguing in favor of the process. It contents that if the beloved character can donate organs so can everyone else. However, a child’s toy does not belong in the same category as being beings. Metaphorically reducing a human’s organs to the level of Mr. Potato Head’s parts presents a false rationale by likening organ donation to child’s play. The DCD decision remains difficult. In the case of circulatory death, organ and tissue donation should not overrides one’s innate humanity. Considering unethical circumstances surrounding donation after circulatory death and the lack of public knowledge on the subject, donation after circulatory death should cease.

Organ donations not only save lives but also money and time. If organ donations became prevalent the organ recipient would no longer need dialysis. Since there is no need for dialysis the cost to use the machine would lessen; this means that the cost of equipment would decrease, saving the hospital and insurance company’s money. More lives would be saved as well as benefit from those that no longer need an organ. In the book titled “Elements of Bioethics” adult organ transplants are only that have medical insurance. If organs are taken from recently deceased the cost for those that has no medical coverage was lessen. The process of organ transplantation is life changing and time is crucial. With shorter waiting time it would put ease on the person’s heart to know that this lifesaving event would happen sooner rather than later. In addition, when the organ is taken from the recently deceased the risk would be eliminated from

Central Idea: Becoming an organ donor gives transplant recipients the gift of life and there are unnecessary barriers and misconceptions keeping people from becoming donors.

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

The author tells us the severity and urgency for thousands of people who never get organs donated. She explains why it is very important to reconsider the option of donating an organ rather than just being scared and self-centered. The statistical information the author has given was important and necessary for the people to realize and know such facts happening in America. The author also gives them an obvious fact that deciding and agreeing to go through a surgery can be scary, but it could be saving dozens of lives in an acute moment. The very purpose to reveal statistical data to organ donors was to make them understand, one donor could save up to eight lives through organ donation and improve dozens of lives through skin, corneal, bone and other tissue transplant

Organ donation has the power to change a life ending incident into a life giving one. Throughout the United States many patients are suffering due to the lack of a vital organ, because there is more demand than supply of organs, many patients die without ever receiving one. Although organ donation saves many lives, there have been questions in regards to ethics that surround it. People are even making the argument that it should not be practiced. Another question that has surfaced is, how can organ donation be improved in the United States so that people in need of organs can receive them at a high rate? Even though organ donation in the United States has received criticism due to ethical dilemmas such as priority distribution, contributing to illegal harvesting and alternative sources; the possibilities of saving lives and giving people a second chance outweighs the potential consequences it holds. Organ donation is one of the most important modern day medical marble that needs to be better utilized United States.

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).

Preview: today I would really like to speak to you about the need of organ donors all over the world, how you may come to be an organ donor when you die and in the end, how your own family and organ donor recipients gets advantage from your donation.

Every day, 20 people die because they are unable to receive a vital organ transplant that they need to survive. Some of these people are on organ donation lists and some of them are not. The poor and minorities are disproportionately represented among those who do not receive the organs they need. In the United States alone, nearly 116,000 people are on waiting lists for vital organ transplants. Another name is added to this list every 10 minutes. This paper will argue that organ donation should not be optional. Every person who dies, or enters an irreversible vegetative state with little or no brain function, should have his or her organs-more specifically, those among the organs that are suitable for donation-harvested. A single healthy donor who has died can save up to eight lives (American Transplant Foundation).

Generally the public is normally only exposed to the miraculous side of organ transplantation. Rarely is the public ever exposed to the darker side of organ transplantation, the actual surgical act of removing organs from a deceased person. In her 2003 Wired essay “Stripped for Parts,” Jennifer Kahn discusses the difficult nature of the entire donation process as she herself has observes the procedure from cadaver to extraction. The author adds to her observation with information on the technicality of donor maintenance such as staving off cellular decay and overcoming the falling blood pressure of the dead body. She also discusses some of the limitations of organ transplantation, such as the narrow window of time allotted to remove organs

D. Thesis - Organ donation and Transplants are the most remarkable success stories in the history of medicine. They give hope to

Our topic is on organ transplant. We will focus on the process and ethical dilemmas surrounding it. Our group chose this topic because we care and understand that this can happen to our love ones. We want to raise our concern about this worldwide issue, and where the black market for organs come into play. The stakeholders include the people (donors or receivers), doctors, government, businesses, and experts. We will be focusing on the culture and the ethical issues that related to organ transplant, conflict of interests, ethics in the design phases, debt/ financing, and regulation. Since our topic is quite detailed, we will start with what is the precise definition of “brain death” in a heart beating body that is kept

Main Point 2: Myths, we have all heard some, we have all believed some. But right now, I am going to set the record straight about some of the misconceptions surrounding organ donation. Organdonor.gov will tell you about many facts and myths about organ donation. So let’s start with money. I’m sure you have all heard that when a someone donates their organs, their family has to foot the bill for all it. That is completely false. There is no cost to donors or their families for organ or tissue donation. Hence the word “donation”. The donor won’t be able to have