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    My step-father John had a CARDIAC TRANSPLANT at the age of 53. This story is about him and his journey through all of this. He has been through a lot and is lucky to still be with us. John was outside one day cutting the grass on his riding lawn mower. When all of a sudden he started having this really bad chest pain. He went inside told my mom and she called 911. The ambulance came picked him up and took him to the hospital. When he got to the hospital the doctors started running a ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

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    Analysis- Transplant Ethics The ethics of allocating organs for transplantation is a complex thing. There are some principle involved in allocation of human organs such as Utility‚ Justice and Respect for Persons. All these principles are conflict to each other as the number of factors that should be considered in allocation of human organs. In the given case study‚ Mr. X is eligible to receive the heart as has been waiting for the transplant and on the waiting list. In any organ transplant‚ waiting

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    Commercialization of Organ Transplants Kristyn Shrader Professor Business Ethics 5/3/14 As a member of the ethics committee‚ I have been asked to review the arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants. This report will be review these arguments and construct my suggested plan of action. Before any research was done regarding this topic‚ it is known by many that there is a shortage of available organs and those that need these transplants usually have to be

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    An organ transplant is the moving of a whole or partial organ from one body to another for the purpose of replacing the recipient’s failing or damaged organ. Organ donors can be living or deceased. The sources of organ transplants can be from individuals over the age of 18 who indicate their desire to be an organ donor by signing a donor card or telling their family members. Relatives can also donate a deceased family member’s organs and tissues even if the family member is under the age of 18

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    Lung Transplantation: Should Smoker’s Lungs Be Used as Donors for Lung Transplants College Writing‚ GE201 April 10th‚ 2013 Lung Transplantation: Should Smoker’s Lungs be used as donors for lung Transplants With the extreme shortage of vital organs for transplantations‚ research continues to decrease mortality rates of patients waiting for organs while on transplant waiting lists. While researchers found that receiving a lung from a donor with a smoking history correlated

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    Honors Activity 6.3 Organ Transplants In order to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs in a person’s body‚ immunosuppressive therapy is necessary. These drugs have saved many lives and extended many others. The number of patients taking immunosuppressive drugs is not decreasing and at the same time doctors following up their patients after an organ transplant must be very vigilant and need to monitor the patience response to the therapy very closely. Unfortunately science has not yet

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    tissue donors‚ and the courage of those whom receive the transplant. Transplantation goes back many Centuries‚ in the 9th Century BC Ancient folklore in most cultures describe how supernatural forces weave together body parts from different animals. Then in the 4th Century BC Chinese texts describe Tsin Yue-Jen‚ a surgeon who switches the hearts of two soldiers; these accounts say that both soldiers survived‚ but give no reason for the transplant. This is the first known description of body-to-body

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    Kidney Transplant COM/150 June 6‚ 2010 Axia College of University of Phoenix Kidney disease has become more prevalent over the years‚ one in nine Americans has chronic kidney disease‚ resulting in the need for a kidney transplant. Kidney failure is caused by variety of factors resulting in damage of the nephrons‚ which are the most important functioning unit of the kidneys. Kidney failure can be broken down into three groups: acute‚ chronic‚ end-stage. Once kidney failure is irreversible

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    Criteria for making a medical decision for someone who may or may not be competent‚ is first to find out if they are competent. If they aren’t do they have Advance directives‚ living will‚ appointed POA of healthcare? You need to keep in mind their religious beliefs and wishes so that you don’t impose your own beliefs on the decisions for their healthcare. POA for Healthcare‚ is someone you designate; “your health agent will have the authority to make life and death decisions for you according

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    has been partially or totally damaged: The Face Transplant. This recent surgery consists of replacing part or all of a person’s face after an incident or accident (e.g.: cancer‚ animal attack or burns). The first partial face transplant has been carried out on a French woman (Isabelle Dinoire) by Dr. Bernard Devauchelle in 2005 and first full face transplant with a Spanish man in 2010. Since the first transplant‚ at least 17 more face transplants have been done in many countries: United Kingdom

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