The Current Approaches For Organ Donation

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.

There are a lot of different things that are going on in this world today that keep people from doing right by God. People need to know that the selling of the organs can make things worst in the country that can cause lots of problem for people who do not have the money to pay the price for organs. It comes a time that if someone needs an organ real bad to help save their life and do not have the money to pay for the organ, what will happen then. There would be people who would like for people to be able to just donate organs so they can help save lives in our country without looking for something in return. People can make a lot of different in our children life if they see that we as adults are doing something positive in the world makes them want to follow in our footsteps and love and care for everyone knows matter what the situation is looking like. People feel that if the selling of the organs would become legal to do, the only people who would be able to afford to buy organs would be the ones who has lots of money and want miss a dime when buying organs. “Being able to pay for an organ, would give an unfair disadvantage to those who may need the transplant more urgently but don’t have the money to offer. Being that there is limited number of organs from dying patients, and limited organs that can be donated from living patients.” (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid)

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

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Organ donation is a rigorous process to determine the type of donation that is needed. With technology advancing so much more can be done. How it works depends on the type of organ/tissue that is needed; whether it comes from a living donor or from the deceased. Finding a match for the recipient, being on a waiting list, receiving the organ/transplant, recovery process and follow-ups, understanding the risk and benefit of the donation process, medical, background screening and the financial and emotional aspect of this process.

What do you think can be done when there is a shortage of organ donations? Should people in the need of money sell their organs in the hope of getting some cash? Well, most people in today's society are supporting the idea that people should be allowed to sell their organs if they want. It could save thousands of lives of those people who are waiting for a transplant on the long list that never ends. However, they do not look at the negative affects that this could lead to for some citizens in the society. The article, “Body Snatchers: Organs Harvesting For Profit” by Dale Archer M.D is a good example of showing how people around the world are committing different kind of crimes in order to earn money. Similar to this article is the other article

Every ten minutes, another person is added to the active wait list for an organ donation. That is six people every hour, 144 every day, and 1008 every week. Approximately 120 thousand people need an organ transplant to survive. Of all of those people, only 79 thousand people are on an active wait list, while only 20 thousand transplantations have been completed this year. There are not enough donors to meet the current organ demand, and of those that do donate organs, the costs incurred by the donor do not equal the benefits. The current organ donation system operates under subpar economical standards, and should be revised to allow trade of organs on the free market.

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Organ transplantation becomes a prevalent procedures that patients adopt it to cure for end-stage organ failure. Organ transplant is dissected in to organ donation, organ procurement and organ allocation. Since the demand exceeds supply that patients fight for scarce resources. Organ transplantation is not like other medical procedures. It involves organ procurements from donors, either living or deceased. Therefore, ethical issues is big concern. One’s perception, attitude, value, belief, age and health status influence on his or her willingness to donate organ. Meanwhile, one’s perception, attitude, value and belief rely on which social group that he or she comes from and the religion that he or she holds. Ethical dilemmas such as death determination and fairness allocation emerge in organ procurement and allocation.

There are more than 120,000 people in the United States that are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant each year. Of that number, many are hoping for one or more of the five organs that can be donated while a person is still alive. Organ donation is the removal of a person’s organ or partial organ, so another person can use it. Donating an organ while alive can save up to eight lives, and it can be done by people donating their organs out of the goodness of their heart. Unfortunately not all organs are donated for the right reasons. Therefore, the selling of organs should continue to be banned in the United States because it would result in health not always being the determining factor.

The topic of organ donation can be a very controversial subject when the widely accepted policies are questioned or challenged. The current procedure for organ donation in Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as many other parts of the Western world, is that in order for one’s organs to be donated, that person must have first given express consent while alive by way of filling out a form when obtaining or renewing their driver’s license or MCP card. This person is then listed as an organ donor and, providing that their organs are fit to use after death, will have their organs donated to those in need.

Deciding to become an organ donor is an incredibly generous and altruistic endeavor. In the United States, for example, nearly seven thousand people die each year because they are unable to receive the organ that they need. As organ donors are always needed, in every country, it is no surprise that the number of people who choose to become a donor are increasing. However, when a person decides to become an organ donor, they tend to have questions related to the burial or cremation that they have requested upon their death.

Death is not a pleasant thought to the everyday person, even though it is a simple fact of life. For some it is a welcome event that can alleviate suffering and pain and in the end save the life of another. The simple decision of becoming an organ donor can save lives and improve the quality of life of the recipient. When an individual is in need of an organ transplant, it is typically known that they are in need of an organ that facilitates a restoration of physiological functioning and will often mean the difference between life and death. A vast majority of individuals are apprehensive about what happens to their bodies after their death. In this paper we will go through the origins and history of organ donation, the process by which organs are donated, the ethical implications behind organ donation and discuss many of the proposed solutions to solve the organ shortage issue.

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One of the most classic ethical dilemmas of medical practice is that of the organ transplant, typically a liver or kidney to go to the lesser of two abusers of their own bodies when discussed at the dinner table. The real plight that many people have to face is the fact that organs available for transplant are few and far between, so committees have to decide who gets first rights to various organs. Now, an already complex medical dilemma is becoming even more complicated with the prospect of artificial intelligence possibly determining who gets any given organ.