Is Organ Donation Ever Not Accepted?

In most cases, executed or living prisoners would be eligible organ donors. With the high demand for organ transplantations, by allowing prisoners to participate it would produce more happiness than unhappiness. In fact, it seems more appealing to allow prisoners to participate in organ donation than the alternative of doing nothing (Munson, 2012).

Today we are in great need of a solution to solve the problem of the shortage of human organs available for transplant. The website for Donate Life America estimates that in the United States over 100 people per day are added to the current list of over 100,000 men, women, and children that are waiting for life-saving transplants. Sadly enough, approximately 18 people a day on that list die just because they cannot outlive the wait for the organ that they so desperately need to survive. James Burdick, director of the Division of Transplantation for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services confirms, “The need for organ transplants continues to grow and this demand continues to outpace the supply of transplantable organs”. The

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

For over 13 year I have worked in healthcare and I have seen multiple patients die from organ failure as they waited on the transplant list. I’ve seen patients lose their quality of life as they sit in hospitals for weeks and months at a time as they waited for a kidney transplant. I also know people who have donated the organs of their loved ones and were blessed to know that their loss was the beginning of another person’s life.

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

Recent medical advances have greatly enhanced the ability to successfully transplant organs and tissue. Forty-five years ago the first successful kidney transplant was performed in the United States, followed twenty years later by the first heart transplant. Statistics from the United Network for Organ Sharing (ONOS) indicate that in 1998 a total of 20,961 transplants were performed in the United States. Although the number of transplants has risen sharply in recent years, the demand for organs far outweighs the supply. To date, more than 65,000 people are on the national organ transplant waiting list and about 4,000 of them will die this year- about 11 every day- while waiting for a chance to extend their life through organ donation

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.

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).

A living organ donation is the taking of an organ from a live healthy donor, and giving it to a person in need. In 2016, 41, 335 organs were donated, approximately 4 out of 10 donations were from living donors. On average 20 patients die everyday for the lack of organs available (“Organ Donation Statistics”). Without living organ donation thousands of people will wait on the transplant list for an organ that is not an option. The organs that are donated are not equal to an appendage that can be replaced with plastic, but a crucial organ to life. 4 out of 10 lives are saved due to a spare kidney, or lobe of the lung. These can be provided by a deceased organ donor on the registry for donation; however the pending patients on the list have the convenience of living donations that decreased time on the list, risk of damage to the organ itself and have no controversy over permission for the

Main Point 1: Organ donation is such a simple and selfless action one takes to save the lives of others. Now much of what we will we discuss, also applies to living donation, but we will focus on deceased donation. The number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. According to UNOS, every 10 minutes, a new name is added to the national transplant list. 20 people die everyday from the lack of available organs. Just one deceased person, can save up to 8 lives, 9 lives if you split the liver. Now if you donate tissues, you can improve the lives of up to 50 people! The need for organ donation is growing every minute. You can see why we need to register.

In the United States today, people lose their lives to many different causes. Though this is tragic, there are also a large group of people who could benefit from these deaths; and those people are people in need of an organ transplant. Although a sudden or tragic death can be heart breaking to a family, they could feel some relief by using their loved ones' organs to save the lives of many others. This act of kindness, though, can only be done with consent of both the victim and the family; making the donation of organs happen much less than is needed. The need for organs is growing every day, but the amount provided just is not keeping up. Because of the great lack of organ donors, the constant need for organs,

Many people are unaware of the fact that they can donate their organs. They also have no idea that over 120,000 people are currently on the waiting list for organs. Lastly, they don’t know that an average of 20 patients die each day waiting for organs. Another large portion of people think that they can’t donate. Some think that they are too old or have some type of disease that could take away their ability to donate. The reality is that in almost everywhere, there is no age limit and even if they have a disease, there are likely still organs that they can donate.

One individual can give as many as eight people a second chance at life when deciding to donate their organs. Every ten minutes someone is added to the national organ transplant list and on average will wait on the list for three to five years (United Network for Organ Sharing). Although most people will die before three to five years because no suitable donor can be found for them (“Why Be an Organ Donor?”). A deceased organ donor can donate eight of their major organs such as their kidneys, liver, lungs, heart, pancreas, and intestines. They can also donate their corneas, tissues, hands, face, blood stem cells, cord blood, and bone marrow; whereas a live donor can only donate up to five major organs. Something as simple as cornea and tissue transplant is giving someone the chance to improve their life dramatically. A cornea transplant is done when a scarred or diseased cornea is replaced

The United States is facing a challenge. Today there are over 127,000 people waiting for organ donation on the transplant list (Number of U.S. Candidates waiting). In the past thirty years the number of organ donors within the United States has been on a steady rise. As of 2016 the number of organ donors has reached a record high; over 15,000 people have agreed to donate their organs. Although the number of donors may only make a dent in the transplant list, the rise in donations is making a difference in a lot of people’s lives. The recent increase in organ donors is large, especially when compared to its 1999 counterpart of 10,000, or its much smaller 1988 counterpart of 5,000 (Total Number of Organ Donors). Although, the increase in organ donors is needed to meet the high demand for transplants; one of the reasons behind this increase is anything but desirable. Organ donor rates have significantly increased because more young people agree to organ donation, young people are much more susceptible to opioid overdose, and organ recipients are open to accepting any donor organs. The donor registry is made up primarily by young adults aged eighteen to forty-nine (Number of Donors by Age). The reasoning behind this phenomenon is simply because young adults have been told that they have healthier organs; while mature adults, those aged 50 and