Organ Donation Lack

The need of human organs for transplantation increases every single day and every passing month. Thousands of people are on the waiting list hoping for a chance at a new life. Unfortunately, the supply of available organs through organ donations is not able to provide for the growing demand of organs. According to a research conducted by the Hasting Center, “there are close to 100,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney, heart, liver, lung, and intestines, the pressure to find ways to increase their supply is enormous (Capland, 2014, p. 214). The shortage of human organs is leading people to participate in unethical acts. The pressure of finding available organs has resulted in healthcare professional and

The misinformation of organ donation is the first cause of why people do not want to sign up to become organ donors. People have the mentality that in case of an accident, if they happened to be organ donors, first responders and doctors are not going to try to save their live. This is only a myth because under any circumstances doctors and staff will work very hard to try to save any life. Another fear is that a patient won’t be dead. Which is also a myth. If the patient is a donor more testing is perform at no cost to make sure the patient is not alive. Other questions that people often use as an excuse is that they might be too young or too old to be donors. Furthermore, the concern that their families will be charge for the cost of the

Religion plays a major role in this. For example, “Some Christians want to die whole, so there can be issues with the mutilation side of organ donation. For some other faiths, the followers are taught that they will rise again in the next life and will be raised as a whole person,” (Lynch, 2009). Tibetan buddhists also have controversial beliefs surrounding organ donations, which are interpreted by the individual. Some “believe the consciousness may stay in the body for some time after breathing has stopped,” while others believe that the beneficial outcome of donation overrules this (Lynch, 2009). The diversity of beliefs, even within a single faith, makes it difficult for medical professionals to harvest organs in an emergency situation. There is simply no time to sort out the finer points of a patient’s beliefs when the clock is ticking for someone else. However, it is the duty of medical professionals to respect all of their patients’ wishes. Once again, it is unclear who should come first a situation involving organ

Canada is an exceptionally multicultural country that acknowledges all religious affiliations and embraces all cultures (“Chapter 7: Organ Donation » The Canadian Bioethics Companion,” n.d.). Given the pluralistic nature of the country, it is important to acknowledge that immigrants are likely to preserve their religious concerns abroad (Lam & McCullough, 2000). In doing so, religion is often cited as a barrier to organ donation (Gallup, 1993). Those that cite religion as a reason to withhold consent to organ donation list various obstacles that influence their final decision. According to Radecki & Jacard, these barriers include fear that organ donation will delay funeral proceedings and prevent an open casket funeral, and that the absence of certain organs at the end of this life will have detrimental effects in the afterlife (1997). Despite these commonly misconstrued concerns, most major world religions

Dying painfully in a hospital bed is not the way anyone wants to go. Unfortunately for many people, it is a reality. Thousands of people a year end up dying while waiting for an organ that could save their lives. While on the other side of the world, thousands of people die a year, but from infection when an organ is forcefully taken from them to sell on the black market. There are two sides of the organ donation list, and both can end in death. This paper will discuss the shortage of donated organs and the issues with the current donation system. It will also discuss the black market for transplant organs and possible solutions to viable organ shortage. The focus of this paper will be on transplant kidneys as they are the most desirable organ for buyers and sellers.

“6,935 people are dying because they had to wait. That’s 19 people dying per day for an entire year”(Barry). That’s nearly 7,000 lives; which is equivalent to to almost 25% of the current undergraduate body here at UW-Madison. According to Dr. Chris Barry, a transplant surgeon and researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center, “19 people die per day on the organ donor recipient list because there aren’t enough people signing their organ donor consent forms”. He proposes that we need to increase people's knowledge and tear down the myths and barriers of organ donation to facilitate their decision to donate.

More than 110,000 people are on waiting lists for organs they may not ever get in time (mantel). This has caused an organ black market in which people are trading their or other individuals’ organs for illegal money. In case making criminals out of normal people. In 2009, the FBI arrested a Brooklyn rabbi for illegal organ trade, he was buying organs from overseas for a mere ten thousand dollars and selling here in the black market for upwards of one hundred sixty thousand (Krauthammer). An organ trade of some sort needs to become legal and people need chances to be compensated for their organs. Also with the market becoming legal, patients will be in better hands pre-operation and post-operation.

122,542. That is the current amount of names on the national organ transplant list. Only about 6% of those people will actually go through a lifesaving organ transplantation within the next year (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 2015) due to the short supply of organ donations. Every ten minutes, another person is placed on the waiting list, and every day 22 people on that list die before they ever receive a new organ (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 2015). As a result, there is a very intense demand for human organs, but too little people are willing to donate them. The shortage of organs for transplant caused the emergence of organ trafficking which favors a wealthy minority of individuals and exploits the poor

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.

“There is a need to instil in people's hearts, especially in the hearts of the young, a genuine and deep appreciation of the need for brotherly love, a love that can find expression in the decision to become an organ donor.” Pope John Paul II stated in the Address to International Congress on Transplants. In a culture of death and self-centeredness it is important to prompt the youth to consider becoming an organ donor. The number of people in need of a transplant is growing quickly, and already is at a large rate. Eighteen people will die each day waiting for an organ transplant; more must be done to help these people, yet it must be within the standards of medical ethics.

A question that is often asked is “Should a person be allowed to declare that their organs can only go to a certain race or religion?” The donation process offers two types of donation: indirect and direct. Indirect donation allows the individual to donate their organs and a random recipient will be chosen. Meanwhile, direct donation is where the donor chooses the recipient and thus can determine the race and religion of the person they would like to donate to. Inequality in direct donation cannot be controlled by the overall donation system as a whole because it is based off of personal preferences and choices made by the individual donor and does not represent the global process. However, organ donation systems are able to control discrimination with indirect donations. Conversely, multiple reports claim that discrimination is present in the indirect donation process. A book written by multiple medical experts reports that “Limited preliminary research shows that white males receive the majority of organs” (Caplan, Arthur L., James J. McCartney, and Daniel P. Reid. Replacement Parts: The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2015.). While this report may be correct, the same book follows up by explaining that “Racial and gender disproportions are most likely based off of variables such as transportation, insurance, available donors, and awaiting recipients” (Caplan, Arthur L., James J. McCartney, and Daniel P. Reid. Replacement Parts: The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2015.). Therefore, it can be concluded that the organ donation system does not have any obvious or intentional racial or sexual

In addition, surgeons have learned how to keep increasingly patients alive longer and how to make more people eligible for transplants. Still, there are shortage of organs donation. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a non-profit, scientific and educational organization, organizes transplant registration. 3448 people died in 1995 because organs were not available for them in time. A third to a half of all people on waiting lists die before an organ can be found for them. This shortage raises several difficult ethical problems. How should the limited supply of organs be distributed? Should donors be encouraged to donate by the use of financial incentives? Opponents of the sale of organs point out that the inevitable result will be further exploitation of poor people by the

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

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,

Anyone who wants to donate, is allowed (“Frequently Asked Question’s”). However, “Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissues can be donated for the transplant or scientific research” (“Frequently Asked Questions”). That also means that someone can not be too young, or too old to be a deceased organ donor, or a living donor (“Who Can Donate”). A deceased donor is when someone passes away and then they donate their organs. A living donor is when someone donates their organs while they are still alive, and they only date one of their organs if they have a pair and still live with one, like one liver. Another reason is that most, if not all religions support organ donation so it does not matter what religion they are (“Who Can Donate”).