Blood donation

Studies done by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Gift of Life Donor Program collected data to show that “In the U.S., an average of 21 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant…” With a nation with endless demands and urgent concerns for the current and future generation’s wellbeing, the ratio of organ donors to recipients is a point of conflict. According to (OPTN) “Every ten minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list.”, but they…

Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez offer their opinion in their journal “Kidneys for Sale”, people obtain the moral duty to save other humans if they have the ability to (n.d.). This is an argument that pro kidney sale proponents use frequently. They argue that this is everyones’ duty, and that they need to contribute what they have, in this case organs, to others for their survival. This market, so to speak, would entail healthy human beings selling one of their kidney’s to other human beings…

Organ donation after death should be encouraged There are people dying out every day. In China, we can find that in 2016, there were 9.77 million people died (National Bureau of statistics of the People’s Republic of China). If we do some calculation, we will find that there were over 18 people died per minute. Some of them were died because of accidents, some of them died because their own disease. However, some of the death can be prevented by getting suitable organs in time. As a matter of…

Cindy Sanchez College Comp II P. Jones-Lewis 9/15/15 Against mandatory organ donation Organ donation provides a second chance at life for thousands of people. People often believe that organ donation should be mandatory for everyone, once they die. Sounds a bit outrageous, and people always seem to argue about the issue as side from organ donation already. I believe it is absurd to violate ones’ freedom, it’s unethical and religious beliefs discourage it. Firstly, many people do believe that…

“Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” - Matthew 24:28 Body Brokers is a book revealing the shocking world of the lucrative business of procuring, buying and selling human cadavers. The book introduces you to many characters who made a profit on the selling of human remains. It started off as using cadavers to help doctors learn the anatomy of the human body and to advance science. Now it is all about making a profit. The book revealed that those who donate their bodies to…

The Buying and Selling of Harvested Organs Organ transplantation is one of the most important advancement in the medical profession to date it saves countless lives. What this article will examine are three areas of concern when dealing with the black market selling and buying of organs. The legality of this practice, ethical concerns, and the implementing of a program that would be favorable to both donors and recipients of the organ. The buying and selling of harvested organs is illegal in…

solve the current shortage of organs for surgeries. This abstract will explore the reason behind the shortage of organs, how 3D-printing will resolve the shortage issue and the broad impacts of 3D-printing complex organs. In the world today, organ donation is the only method of obtaining organs for transplantation. The number of eligible and willing donors have been decreasing steadily throughout…

die waiting for an organ. These are frightening statistics that enhance the immense organ shortage crisis in the United States. Although the problem seems daunting the solution is simple. The United States needs to adopt an opt-out system for organ donation. Countries that have adopted opt-out systems have seen a drastic increase in the amount of organs available. For instance, Spain has now achieved an equilibrium between the amount of people waiting for kidney’s and the amount of kidney’s…

Shortage of the organs and tissues has always been a critical medical problem. According to the data from Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, the patient waiting list for organs in US consists of more than 80,000 patients and many of them die waiting on their organ list. There are several approaches for addressing this problem like artificial organs, xenotransplantation, etc. But these have other limitations like expensive organ- transplant…

Medicine is an area that continues to become more advanced everyday. With these advances people are starting to live longer because of it. Unfortunately, these advances in medicine aren’t correlating to longer lives for everyone. Specifically those in need of an organ transplant. Organ transplantations are usually necessary because the recipient’s organ has failed or has been damaged by disease/injury. Currently there are 114,990 patients waiting for a donor organ. Every 10 minutes someone is…