Ethics of Organ Transplantation Center for Bioethics February 2004 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDICAL ISSUES What is organ transplantation? ……………………………………...Page 5 The transplant process ………….………………………...…………. Page 6 Distributing cadaveric organs ………………………………………..Page 7 A history of organ transplantation …………………….…………….Page 9 Timeline of medical and legal advances in organ transplantation…Page 10 ETHICAL ISSUES Ethical Issues Part I: The Organ Shortage……..………...………… Page 13 Distribution
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OPPOSITION “ORGAN DONATION SHOULD BE COMPULSOY” PRESENTATION SPEAKER 1. Good morning / Good afternoon ladies and gentleman. We come from the San Jose School in San Javier. This is our team‚ she/he is ___‚ she/he is ___‚ she/he is ___‚ and I am ___. We are dabating the resolution "Organ donation should be compulsory". We‚ on the opposition team. We strongly oppose this resolution. We believe that organ donation don’t have to be compulsory. We have 2 strong reasons that support the idea that
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ORGAN DONATION INTRODUCTION Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body‚ from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation. Transplantable organs and tissues are removed in a surgical procedure following a determination‚ based on the donor ’s medical and social history‚ of which are suitable for transplantation. Such procedures are termed allotransplantations‚ to distinguish them from xenotransplantation‚ the transfer of animal
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Organ Donation Arlene B HCA322: April 30‚ 2012 Organ Donation Organ and tissue donation can help to save the lives of so many others during this time where it is greatly needed. There are many people on the waiting list to receive an organ due to illness or complications with their own organs and those that receive the miracle of an organ that is donated that actually matches them as well‚ can live a better‚ longer quality of life. Health care and technology have grown so far to be able
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sale of organs be permitted? By Gary Becker THERE were about 50‚000 persons on the waiting list for kidney transplants in the United States in the year 2000‚ but only about 15‚000 kidney transplant operations were performed. This implies an average wait of almost four years before a person on the waiting list could receive a kidney transplant. In addition‚ the cumulative gap between demand and supply for livers was over 10‚000‚ which implies an average wait for a liver transplant of a couple
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Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate. Thesis Statement: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and it is very simple to be an organ donor when you die. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention material/Credibility Material: How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really‚ really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? Well‚ my cousin was five years old when
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illicit trades‚ organ trafficking is just as much of a problem but not as commonly advertised. Organ trafficking is the illegal commercial sale of inner organs for transplants‚ and a worldwide issue with majority of these black market sales occurring in‚ but not limited to‚ countries struggling with poverty. There are multiple different ways that people acquire organs‚ whether it be a person selling their own organs for a profit‚ a person being tricked into understanding they need their organ removed‚ or
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IN HUMANS are two bean-shaped - about 4 inches long and about 2 ½ inches wide organs called kidneys which are located near the vertebral column at the small of the back . The main function of the kidneys are to purify the blood by separating urea‚ mineral salts‚ toxins and other waste products from it. Nature has so provided every human being a set of 2 kidneys so that blood purification runs on smoothly; one kidney assisting
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Today I’ll be talking about organ donation. Organ donation is the process of giving an organ or a part of an organ for the purpose of transplantation into another person. In order for a person to become an organ donor‚ blood and oxygen must flow through the organs until the time of recovery to ensure viability. This requires that a person die under circumstances that have resulted in an irreparable neurological injury‚ usually from massive trauma to the brain such as aneurysm‚ stroke or automobile
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Organ Trafficking Organ trafficking is one of the great issues that is faced by the society today. It is a practice of stealing people’s organ through surgery under the influence of drugs or from a dead person‚ and the organs are normally sold in black market such as China. South Africa‚ and Russia. WHO has estimated that one-fifth of the 70‚000 kidneys that are transplanted every year come from the black market through a widespread organ-trafficking networks. In my opinion‚ organ trafficking has
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