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In conclusion, there are many reason why donating blood is something everyone. In the United States an average of 40,000 units of blood are needed every day. Around 60% of population will need blood at some time in their lives, yet only around 5% of the population will actually donate blood. If all eligible donors will donate on a regular basis, which I six to four times a year, all blood needs would be meet and blood shortages would be a thing of the

Nicky Santos, S.J., a visiting scholar at the Ethic Center, claims that people who are desperate often make decisions that are not the most beneficial for themselves, which then results in the rich having the privilege of excellent health care while the poor do not. There is also the “do no harm” rule in bioethics that forbid procedures that might harm donors. The question lies in whether we can make sure that donors’ health won’t be jeopardized in the transaction. On the contrary, some might say that not giving donors incentives actually put their health to more risk since no incentives have been given to pay for their medical bill in case the donors are harmed. There has also been debates about whether organ donation should remain as an act of altruism or should we instead move along to justice. While some might value such humanity and hate the idea of it being

Everyone will die someday. Death remains inevitable and unpreventable, yet the process of organ donation and transplantation prolongs life. Problems with the supply and demand of viable organs lead to controversial topics and debates regarding solutions to suppress the gap between donors and recipients. One prevalent debate concerning these problems follows the question of whether to allow non-donors to receive organ transplants if needed even though they aren’t registered to donate their own organs. Although denying non-registered organ donors the possibility to receive transplants could motivate more people to register, thus eliminating the scarcity of available organs, the ethical and moral dilemmas in denying people life-saving

Rather than relying on people to volunteer themselves, the policy can change to one in which people are already registered and can choose to not donate upon their death. In a University of Nottingham, University of Stirling, and Northumbria University study over thirteen years looking at organ donation systems of forty-eight countries, “They found that countries using opt-out systems of organ donation had higher total numbers of kidneys donated - the organ that the majority of people on organ transplant lists are waiting for. Opt-out systems also had the greater overall number of organ transplants” (McIntosh). This research suggests that there are positive outcomes of enacting an opt-out policy that benefits a large number of potential transplant

What is more, not only there is a demand in organ donation, but also a long waiting list. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services statistics states 119,000 are on the waiting list for transplants and every ten minutes an individual is added to this list, as well as 22 people expire each day waiting for a transplant (2015). People don’t look at statistics and this is a huge number to look at the more reason to be an organ donor. People on this waiting list are waiting for some lifesaving miracle and is sad that they chance of them receiving an organ is not that good. For instance, if a person was to need one of these lifesaving organs more than likely they would be one of those statistics that they would die before getting their

How much do people know about blood banks, and the causes they serve? Without blood banks it would affect the world majorly around us, and not only the people getting the blood. Donating blood could also affect the donor with the experience of helping another person’s life. There are requirements, like screening and testing their blood, people need to meet to be able to donate and there are minor risks that could happen during the whole process. In summary, blood banks are a necessity to the world because they have saved people's lives from mild to fatal blood loss and other medical problems.

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,

On January 4th, 2017, you issued an emergency call for blood and platelet donation because the severe winter weather was eating up your blood supply causing a shortage and once again you issued a statement on July 5th, 2017, saying that, “The decline in summer donations is causing a significant draw-down of our overall blood supply, and we urgently need people to give now to restock hospital shelves and help save lives,” (Mandal). So, if I am understanding this correctly, the nation is still experiencing a blood shortage? Ok, here’s the part that I find funny, there’s an entire population that is able to donate but yet are deferred by your system. Can you guess what that population is? No? Well, it’s gay and bisexual men.

The United States blood supply depends largely on a volunteer donation system to meet current demand for blood and blood products. As such, it is imperative that effort is directed towards not only recruiting new donors, but motivating existing donors to return. Retaining repeat donors hold several advantages as this population poses a lower risk for infectious diseases, and are less likely to experience an adverse reaction (Glynn et al., 2000; Yu, Chung, Lin, Chan, & Lee, 2007; Zou, Stramer, & Dodd, 2012). Unfortunately, repeat donors are faced with a variety of challenges which impact their decision to return, such as decreasing motivation, lifestyle barriers affecting access to donation sites, convenience, fears about needles and pain and

Ever thought about being a hero? Or how about a life-saver? Well… you can be one by being an organ donor. Twenty-two humans die, everyday, while waiting for their hero; for an organ donor to donate their organs to those in need.(AmericanTransplantFoundation.org, 2016). Since, the lack of organs is donated, people are forced to illegally buying on the black market for organs. According to CNN, “... highest demand is the kidney and black market traffickers are meeting that demand...7,000 kidneys are obtained illegally every year... Organ trafficking is an illegal, yet thriving trade around the globe”( Pokharel, 2015). The fact is the black market has a tremendous amount of organs and people are not put on a waiting list when it comes to money and trickery. This has become a ruling trend since, people are not donating much, nonetheless on the black market there are tons of organs for sale, this has led to a continuous rise in organ sales, and Organ donation after cardiac death has increased the knowledge of whether or not this method is appropriate for recovering the organs compared to organ sales.

The topic of blood donation well-researched, with strategies having been devised to try and increase donation rates all over the world. Australia faces a challenging set of circumstances, in which remuneration for donation is illegal (ARCBS, 2013). It is thought this may be a contributing factor to the poor repeat donation rates in youth demographics, for whom altruism is no longer a primary driving factor when considering donation (Russell-Bennett, Hartel, Previte & Russel, 2012).

The major barrier in donating blood among the respondents is the health status of the person. Since passing the medical and physical examinations are extremely important in qualifying as a donor, it is therefore necessary to have a good lifestyle and a good status of health without any trace of illnesses that can be transmittable. Most of the illnesses frequently mentioned and diagnosed in the respondents were: (1) high blood pressure; (2) cough and colds; (3) anaemia; (4) diabetes and (5) those illnesses which needs maintenance drugs. During the focus group discussion, the respondents have expressed high interest in becoming a donor even if they were already diagnosed with an illness beforehand they still try to go to the blood donation activity

​Although 38% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood, less than 10% of them do it annually (American Red Cross). More than 41,000 blood donations are required each day by patients in hospitals across America. A pint of donated blood can save the lives of up to three people. Blood transfusions’ are fundamental in the healthcare management of patients in the U.S. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute every year approximately 5 million Americans need blood transfusions. Those patients requiring blood transfusions include accident victims, cancer patients, surgery patients and those suffering from illness such as anemia and hemophilia. However, blood is not manufactured in laboratories and therefore all patients in need of blood transfusions rely on donors. Regardless of the countless health benefits that patients requiring blood transfusions get the donors also acquire some medical benefits. Such as free medical checkups before donation, ionic balance in their bod and the reduced risks of getting heart disease making the benefit mutual.

Blood transfusion is a crucial part of the health care system all around the world and contributes to saving lives of millions in both routine and emergency settings. With the advancements in Clinical Medicine, the need for this life-saving fluid is rising. The annual blood collection across the world is over 88 million units of blood for a world population of 6,910 million, requiring 150 million units (1). The availability of safe blood is dependent on the human blood volunteers. Volunteer blood donation (VBD) is, in fact, believed to be the cornerstone of the safe blood transfusion services (BTS) (2). However, there is a huge disparity regarding the collection of blood via donation between high income and low-income countries. According

62 Griffith University students, 35 female and 27 male age 18 – 30 were asked to participate in our survey. Respondents had to fill out 20 questions which included demographic questions on age, gender and nationality as well as questions regarding awareness, attitude and actual behaviour towards blood donation. The quantitative data from our survey was entered into