Organ donation is when a donor with a healthy functioning organ gives a person who has a failing organ their organ; organ donation can occur when the donor is living, but certain organs-such as a heart-requires the donor to be deceased. Organ donation is a topic that is very important because it deals with whether people live or die, and it doesn't help that the amount of recipients for organs is greater than the amount of donors. According to Brian Hansen's Organ Shortage it's stated that about 115 people are added a day to the 80,700 people who are in need of organs, and of these people only 66 people a day actually gets organs (155). This means that the amount of people waiting for organs surpass the amount of organs readily available. …show more content…
Money should not be used as an incentive because people should give with sincerity. To donate means to give something to charity. If money was being received for donating organs then it wouldn't be donating; instead one would be getting paid for there organs. I wouldn't go as far as saying donating organs it's our God-given duty (Fisanick). However, if a person is going to donate their organs to save someone else's life they should be doing it because it is what they feel is right. A person should not donate their organs just for the money they could possibly get-if they were to get money. The idea that people should give for the good should be present once they have passed also. Assuming that a donor is already deceased there would be no purpose to give the family money for the organs. The reason being that the deceased no longer have use for the organs. So knowing that the organs will be harvest once deceased when it's chosen to give organs. It should be assumed that the person is giving the organs as a gesture from the hearts and not for the money for their family. Money should not be used as an incentive because it will cause the black market to rise. By giving out money to donors it can cause anyone to come into a hospital with organs to sell. This would be bad because the donors are not screened. That could cause some background information from the donor that is need to know to be omitted. It could also cause doctors to just trust the people selling to organs
'Proponents of financial incentives for organ donation assert that a demonstration project is necessary to confirm or refute the types of concerns mentioned above. The American Medical Association, the United Network for Organ Sharing and the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons have called for pilot studies of financial incentives. Conversely, the National Kidney Foundation maintains that it would not be feasible to design a pilot project that would definitively demonstrate the efficacy of financial incentives for organ donation. Moreover, the implementation of a pilot project would have the same corrosive effect on the ethical, moral and social fabric of this country that a formal change in policy would have. Finally, a demonstration project is objectionable because it will be difficult to revert to an altruistic system once payment is initiated, even if it becomes evident that financial incentives don 't have a positive impact on organ donation. '(http://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/positionpaper03)
Organ donation is the medical process of voluntarily giving one or more of your organs to someone in need, whether it be someone you know or a stranger. It is strictly voluntary, no payment for the organ/s will be given from the hospital, the recipient or the recipients family. In organ donation, there are two types of donations, living organ donation and deceased organ donation. Living organ donation is when the donor is still alive and voluntarily chooses to donate one or more of their organs to a recipient(s) in need. Whereas, deceased organ donation happens after the donor has passed away, and consent was given to be able to donate their organs.
In the United States, there are currently 116,608 people in need of a lifesaving organ transplant, and 75,684 people that are currently active waiting list candidates (HRSA, 2017). Between January and September 2017, there have only been 12,211 organ donors (HRSA, 2017) which is far less that the current demand for lifesaving organs. The shortage of donors could lead to an individual looking for outside sources such as the black market to find their lifesaving organ. Offering incentives to persons who chose to donate their organs or those of a deceased loved one is important because it could stop the illegal selling of organs, save the life of someone in need of an organ transplant and benefit both the donor and recipient.
Deciding whether or not one would like to become an organ donor should be a relatively simple decision. But becoming a living organ donor, for someone who may need a kidney or liver, is something that is not always possible to those who do want to help. Unfortunately many people incur costs for the life-saving donation. Regardless of the fact that many other types of donors get paid for their donations. Here lies the frustration of many who are waiting years for their life saving organ. Many of which who do not receive them. If we can financially compensate individuals who donate hair, sperm, eggs and even become gestation surrogates, than there must be a way to financially reward live solid organ donators.
One ethical issue is using the money to attract more organ donations. Such as paying families a particular amount to go towards deceased donor funeral expenses or paying living donors for travel and living expenses. There are also federal government incentives for their employee who wish to be a living donor. These employees get 30 days pay time off for an organ and seven days for tissue such as bone marrow. It has also been suggested that living donor gets free medical insurance or tax break and if a foreign donor that this person gets US citizenship. Another ethical issue is the sale of organs through international trade by developing nations. This is when the poor sell their healthy organ to those who could afford it, the wealthy. Some believe
Many people believe that they should be rewarded for saving another person's life by donating an organ for them, claiming that they had a choice, so they should be praised for making the right decision to give it away! Well, if that's true, then we should be rewarded for picking up garbage that we dropped, or washing our hands after we use the restroom. People aren’t ordinarily rewarded, or praised, for something we are already expected to do. But, that is what is expected to happen when donating organs. Organ donation is the process of removing tissues along with organs from a human body for the purposes of transplanting. In many countries, the patients in need of organs have to pay the donor for the organ. The sale of human organs should
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
Organ donation is a life-changing event for not only those receiving the transplant but also for the families of the donor. It gives a meaning to the end of someone’s life. The act of donating organs impacts many individuals even after the donor passed away. Everyone should consider being an organ donor because it is simple to become one, and the need is constantly growing.
Organ Donation has been available for many years and is one of the most dominant treatments for numerous chronic diseases. In Australia many organ transplants are successfully completed every day and is a world leader in transplant outcomes, the number of operations is has shown steady increase over the past few years however there are still not enough organs to compensate the need of ill patients, in fact over 1600 people are currently on the waiting list (Donate life, 2015).There are many myths surrounding the topic of organ and tissue donation and although many are not true they cloud the judgements of many people who are willing to donate; “Doctors will not try hard to save a person if they are a donor” (Mayoclinic, 2015)and
Every thirty minutes someone gets added to the waiting list for an organ transplant (‘Frequently Asked Questions”). Not only that, but the number of patients being added to the waiting list is growing larger than the number of donors (“Organ Donation Statistics”). Many people are in the need of some kind of organ donation, so anyone who donates can help to save many lives. Organ donation is also such a great way to give back to people. Another thing is that to donate an organ a person does not have to pay money (“Organ Donation FAQ’s”). The only part that costs money is for the funeral if they are a deceased donor (“Organ Donation FAQ’s”).
Organ donation started out as simply “donation” or the act by which a person voluntarily transfers the title of their organ to someone in need. Paid organ donation is an emotive subject in the transplant community. Paying people to donate their organs, specifically kidneys, is one of the most contentious moral issues debated. Obtaining health issues, for example, kidney disease, is an undeniable component when talking about the existence of life in general. Receiving a kidney is a greatly long and troublesome process, and the probability of the patient getting one is vastly uncommon in light of the fact that an insufficient number of individuals will not progress toward becoming donors, and the supply of organs is diminishing. The question being asked is, should people donate their organs just to show their kindness, or should the they be monetarily compensated for their donations? Certainly, being paid for self-given donations is the most superb method of giving organs to those who are ill. When a kidney transplant enables an organ recipient to enjoy a longer life with family members, he or she does not begrudge the donor receiving compensation; the happiness of the recipient could enable the donor to enjoy a better life as well. The process of organ donation would be effortless with the help of compensation; the process is likely to show an increase in organ supply, decrease in death rates, and could potentially decrease the amount of misery patients are experiencing while
Organ donation is when an individual allows for the legal removal of major organs for someone in need of a major organ. Donation may be for research purposes, or, more popular healthy transplantable organs and tissues may be donated to be transplanted into another individual. Common transplantations include the kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. Some organs and tissues can be donated by living donors, such as a kidney or part of the liver, part of the pancreas, part of the lungs or part of the intestines, but most donations occur after the donor has passed away. While organ donation is a positive deed
Organ donation is when an individual allows for the legal removal of major organs for someone in need of a major organ. Donation may be for research purposes, or, more popular healthy Transplantable organs and tissues may be donated to be transplanted into another individual. Common transplantations include the kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. Some organs and tissues can be donated by living donors, such as a kidney or part of the liver, part of the pancreas, part of the lungs or part of the intestines, but most donations occur after the donor has passed away. While organ donation is a positive deed there is an uncomfortable
When a person decides to donate their organs, it should not be taboo to expect some form of payment in return. Every year, the number of people who need an organ transplant grows and are added to the national transplant waiting list, monitored by UNOS. As of November 2017, more than 100,000 people needed an organ transplant that would save their life (UNOS, 2017). Unfortunately, organs for these individuals aren’t as readily available as they would have hoped. As many as 20 men, women, and children die every day waiting for an organ (UNOS, 2017). This number would not be as high if there were more people who were willing to donate their organs to those who were in need, but “people just don’t seem
Just one donor can save the lives of eight people and change the lives of more than fifty people. The need for organ transplants continues to exceed the supply of organs which is resulting in the current organ shortage. An estimated 170,000 patients in the U.S. are on waiting list for transplants. With such a large waiting list, a large number of patients have set out to recruit their own donors; whether it is through a website or an underground market. The U.S. banned organ sales two decades ago resulting in the underground sale of organs. People have discovered the value of their own organs and have been taking advantage of it. For example, there has been a case where a South Korean man used his kidney as collateral for a loan. With such a large need for organs; the government needs to think of a method to attract more organ donors. One of the major suggestion is to financially compensate organ donors as an incentive to entice more people to donate; whether it is a living