The Ethics Of Organ Donation

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

There are people who think that if the organs donor is dying and the family wants

Process of transplantation: “patient is identified as ill and organ failing, doctor assesses if eligible for transplant” (Ethics of Organ Transplantation, 2004, p. 6). “If so, doctor refers patient to local transplant center to be placed on the list” (Ethics of Organ Transplantation, 2004, p. 6). “The transplant center evaluates the patient’s health and mental status as well as the level of social support to see if the person is a viable candidate” (Ethics of Organ Transplantation, 2004, p. 6). “Organs can come from recently deceased people, cadavers, or living persons” (Ethics of Organ Transplantation, 2004, p. 6). “The waiting list for donors is maintained by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)” (Ethics of Organ Transplantation, 2004, p. 6). Now that I’ve set the basic principle for what an organ transplant

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.

This was an underinsured (Medicaid patient) The family was not educated in all parts of organ donation and what constitutes brain dead. There was difficulty in accepting brain death when the only information presented if from the doctor concerned about the needed organ. Some people are misled or even manipulated in the interest of the organ itself. (Truog, 2008), and some deaths are hastened. The family was not informed that the patient was kept on life support until organs were harvested, something that families need to understand. Provision two- commitment to the patient not the transplant team, to do no harm to the

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.

One single person can potentially save up to eight people’s lives by donating their vitally important organs - one heart, two lungs, two kidneys, one liver, one pancreas and intestines. Extending to tissue donation, one person can save up to 50 people’s lives by donating tissues such as skin, bones, corneas, blood vessels, heart valves and tendons. Receiving an organ not only impacts the life of the recipient, but also impacts the people in the recipient’s life.

The first argument for this position expands upon the statistics already mentioned. There is no question that many more organs are needed than are available. Indeed, it is not merely organs that can be transplanted. One's corneas and tissues can also be harvested to improve lives, if not to save them. Now it can be objected that there is already a process in place for organ donation. People can volunteer to be organ donors. This is of course true. In fact, in some cases organs-such as kidneys and lungs-can be transplanted even if the donor is not deceased. However, the gap between the organs available through voluntary donation and the need for life-saving

Organ donation from just one person could save up to eight other people’s lives. There are over hundreds and thousands of men, women, and children waiting for an internal organ transplants, but there are not enough people willing to donate. Every ten minutes someone is put on the organ donation waiting list. More people need to become aware of this issue. Donors can decide to donate while they are still living, but most commonly is when they pass. Donors who donate while still living are limited to what they can transplant most common transplants for this issue is tissue and kidney transplants. These donors have a lot of rules to follow also. They need to be within a certain age preferable eighteen to sixty, it is usually

There are 3 proposed solutions to the problem. An organ market, a presumed consent program and a required request program (The Legal Dictionary). The organ market idea would be a system where living donors would sign a contract while they are still alive. This contract means a fixed amount would be decided for the “donation”. This would allow for the donors’ organs to be removed upon their death. This could be done with a cash payment or a tax credit prior to death. Benefits to this would mean a greater availability of organs. It could also drive the cost of operations down due to the number of transplants that are performed enabling staff to become more proficient and operations more affordable. It would also decrease the

“Most families still refuse to donate the organs of their dying relatives” despite all efforts made to increase donations. Harvesting may be thought of as violating the sanctity of the body. Donation may involve “unwarranted mutilation of the body and so disrespect for the dignity of the human body” (Garrett, Baillie, & Garrett, 2001). Individuals are urged to sign an organ donor card with little or no awareness of what that action can mean. How the death is determined may weigh in on the decision to donate. The potential recipient is rarely known, because tissue and compatibility tests must be done. There is always less ethical force in an unnamed potential person that a living identifiable one. The horror stories that make the headlines also deter consent for donation. The few illegal harvesting accusations which are published in newspapers and documented on television deter individuals from donating and allow them to see denial of consent as the barrier to exploitation and harm. There is also a fear that the organ donor may not actually be dead but declared dead prematurely so that the vital organs can be taken to benefit another human being. The Uniform

The debate surrounding the ethical and legal issues of organ transplants is as old as the process. No one takes the issue lightly as organ transplants are literally a matter of life and death. Despite this controversy, it only makes sense for humans to become organ and tissue donors. Most organs for transplantation come from cadavers, but as these have failed to meet the growing need for organs, attention has turned to organs from living donors. In either case, organ donations are beneficial because they help save lives and help further scientific research.

In February 2003, 17-year-old Jesica Santillan received a heart-lung transplant at Duke University Hospital that went badly awry because, by mistake, doctors used donor organs from a patient with a different blood type. The botched operation and subsequent unsuccessful retransplant opened a discussion in the media, in internet chat rooms, and in ethicists' circles regarding how we, in the United States, allocate the scarce commodity of organs for transplant. How do we go about allocating a future for people who will die without a transplant? How do we go about denying it? When so many are waiting for their shot at a life worth living, is it fair to grant multiple organs or multiple

The donor is kept on life support however due to the organs having to be alive during removal and transplant. If the body is dead, the heart will stop pumping blood to all other organs, and eventually they will begin to shut down, making the organs essentially useless. They would be in no condition to function as normal in another body, hence why the donor must have blood pumping and kept on life support to keep the organs from dying or failing. Something many families also worry about is that doctors will not provide as much care, or make a big enough effort to keep them alive, for a donor since there is a high demand for organs for transplants. While this is mainly untrue, there have been cases of doctors purposely neglecting to give proper care to donor patients in fatal conditions, seeing that their bodies will be repurposed anyway. This is not right. People are people, and no matter whether they are a donor or not, they all deserve equal care. The donation is if they die after all efforts and resources have been used, their life shouldn't just be forfeit because a doctor decides their organs are “more

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”).