Essay On Biovalue

“Of the more than 101,000 people in the United States who need a kidney, fewer than 17,000 will receive a transplant this year.” Every day people die from not receiving the transplants they need and every day more people are added to the transplant list. “Tragically, more than 7,000 of the people waiting for a kidney either died or were dropped from the list because they had become too sick to qualify for a transplant.” The majority of the donors in the United States are deceased at the time that their organs are harvested. Society is just not donating their organs, even when we can live a perfectly healthy and happy

A continuing problem exists in trying to close the gap between the supply and demand of procured organs in the United States. An increase in the amount of transplant operations performed has risen significantly over time. As a result, a new name is added to the national waiting list every 16 minutes (Duan, Gibbons, & Meltzer, 2000). It is estimated that about 100,000 individuals are on the national transplant waiting list at all times (Munson, 2012). Something needs to be done before these numbers get completely out of control. Despite the introduction of Gift of Life and many other educational efforts, the United

It was only a matter of time before a businessman in Virginia saw a way to profit from the success of transplantation. In 1983 H. Barry Jacobs announced the opening of a new exchange through which competent adults could buy and sell organs. His failing was in his decision to use needy immigrants as the source of the organs (Pence 36). As a result Congress, passed the National Organ Transplant Act (Public Law 98-507) in 1984, which prohibited the sale of human organs and violators would be subjected to fines and imprisonment (“Donation Details”).

“Illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operation involving purchased human organs now take place annually or more than one an hour” (The Guardian, 2012). People that are in the need of an organ and willing to participate in illegal activities will either send a broker or go directly to another country where people are lacking in the knowledge of the situation or have an extreme disability and buy an organ rom that individual. In most cases a broker will promise the seller a great amount of money, but in the end they will only receive a fraction of the money that was promised and for some they receive no money. If a broker cannot buy an organ they will steal one. “However, when the organ, like many other valuables that cannot be bought, it is stolen resulting in flagrant violation of human rights” (U.N.O.D.C, 2000). It is currently illegal to buy or sell human organ in the United States and many other countries. People involved with the operation of human trafficking will be charged with a trafficking offence. “For a trafficking offence to be established must be evidence of an illegal act (recruitment) followed by an illegal means (coercion) for the purpose of exploitation (organ harvesting), one in ten organ transplants are illegal” (U.N.O.D.C, 2000). Illegal sales of organs are increasing the rate of criminal

The demand for organ donors far exceeds the supply of available organs. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) … there are more than 77,000 people in the U.S. who are waiting to receive an organ (Organ Selling 1). The article goes on to say that the majority of those on the national organ transplant waiting list are in need of kidneys, an overwhelming 50,000 people. Although financial gain in the U.S and in most countries is illegal, by legalizing and structuring a scale for organ donor monetary payment, the shortage of available donors could be reduced. Legalizing this controversial issue will help with the projected forecast for a decrease in the number of people on the waiting list, the ethical concerns around benefitting from organ donation, and to include compensation for the organ donor.

The converse of a complementary good is a substitute good. In the organ market, a substitute good really depends on what organ is being considered. “People with diseased livers [are] particularly at risk because there is no medical alternative to transplantation for keeping a patient…alive.” The only two obvious substitute goods for a liver transplant would be extensive medical care and pain medications. On the other hand, someone with diseased kidneys has more options. One obvious option would be dialysis. But, when looked at as a whole, the organ market does have substitute goods. If the “price” of organs increases (whether due to an increase in demand or decrease in supply) the demand for the substitute good will increase.

In the essay " Kidneys for Sale: A Reconsideration" by Miriam Schulman, kidneys are fair in our lives. The writer talks with important things in our lives related to our organs specificly kidneys. Everyday almost 17 people die when they wait for a suitable organ. In 2011, in United States, kidney transplants were about 15,417. They had a healthy way to transplant kidneys to other people. As they got it tested wheather if they can accept it or not. After transplangt there has been seen no harm. Ninty percent of people got kidneys from a living- donor and 82 % of people from died-donor. When they get it from poor people, they remain still alive at least five years. Actually the poor people sell their kidneys.

The medical industry had been achieving more in the stage of medical advancements, though they are still in the early phase. Artificial organs have been one of those achievements. Although they have achieved such, artificial organs are not perfect. Most doctors as well as patients would prefer to replace a dying organ with a compatible human organ, rather than with an artificial or animal organ. Yet due to a there being less organs donated than recipients, artificial and animal organs are becoming more common in transplants. Most of this issue is because people are unaware of how organ donation works, the organs that can be donated, how many people are in need, and the advancements that have happened in the field. Organ donation saves hundreds of lives every year, but many lives are recklessly lost due to a shortage of organ donors.

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.

In her article, “Organ Will Save Lives” by Joanna Mackay addresses how people are dying to buy and sell a kidney. She tells government not to ban the sale of human organs but they should manage it properly from being in illegal way. Mackay says “About 350,000 Americans suffer from end-stage renal disease, a state of kidney disorder so advanced that the organ stops functioning altogether.” (1) and for this dialysis and kidney transplantation are only way to cure treatment. Dialysis is considered to be harsher and expensive as it acts as artificial kidney and filters the blood for the patient. It does give patient better treatment but not well as expected as it adds more stress to patient body, they usually get unconscious and tired whereas in kidney transplantation it is more secure and valid in today’s world with few complications and it is done by confirming the tissue it is matching or not with anti-rejection drugs. This treatment is considering to be quiet

Health is everything, it is the sister of life and the enemy of death. Health cannot be bought or given, it is succeeded by pure chance and hope. A legal market for human organs does not guarantee health, while there are pure intentions present, more harm than good may be made. Although there is some economical benefits in establishing a legal organ trade, unjustifiable factors to the sale of human organs and dangers are also present. Transplantable organs should never be a good, and it should never have a price because it is inhumane to correlate a price on life.

Despite having numerous policies, laws, and regulations to combat human organ trafficking, American citizens resort to smuggling organs or flying overseas to receive rather than applying for the National Wait List. “On average, 13 people die each day while waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant” (Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics). America is one of the main countries to perform organ transplants due to our up to date medical equipment. Theoretically, the body is worth up to $45 million dollars (“How much is your body worth…”). One organ donor can save up to 8 lives (“How much is your body worth…”). Although it is illegal, most doctors, hospital officials and drug companies often turn a blind eye to the illegal act because they profit along with the broker. Although you would get an organ a lot faster than the National Wait List, Organ trafficking is an increasing problem in the world because it physically impacts victims, patients, and is against the law.

The demand for body organs is far greater than the supply of body organs, which results in thousands of individuals dying each year because of this market shortage. The supply of organs comes from living donors and cadavers and has remained in short supply over the years requiring rationing of these organs. The development of a market for body organs will increase the incentive for individuals to donate their organs thus boosting the economy.

Corruption amongst the low income individuals and unethical medical practices. How far would the buy and selling of organs will go?

In Today’s society there is an influx of healthcare problems surrounding one specific organ known as the kidney. Specifically, one of the problems surrounding the kidney is the lack of donations received on a yearly basis by people like myself. According to McDonnell (2014) as of December 2012, “nearly 95,000 people in the United States were waiting for a kidney transplant. Unfortunately, due to a shortage in Kidney donors only a small percentage of those people actually received a kidney” (McDonnell, 2014, p. 1). Hence, the main issue however that lies within donating is the choice whether to donate or to not donate simply because it is often believed that both kidneys are needed to survive. Nevertheless, in knowing that the human body