Because the need for organs is always present in our society‚ illegal organ trafficking is current and goes on every single day. At the same time‚ people who are legally and patiently waiting for an organ die in the process. Data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) shows that in 2010 alone‚ there were 90‚000 patients waiting for a life-saving organ. From those on the waiting lists‚ there were only 17‚000 transplants performed that year. About 10‚500 of them were from dead donors while
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Early History of the Pipe Organ The "king of instruments" has a long history‚ one which can arguably be traced to the concept of a collection of "fixed-pitched pipes blown by a single player (such as the panpipes)" (Randel 583). The first examples of pipe organs with the basic features of today can be traced to the third century B.C.E. in the Greco-Roman arena; it is said to have been invented by Ktesibios of Alexander and contained "a mechanism to supply air under pressure‚ a wind-chest to store
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about become an organ donor III The reason I can speak about this is because my father has kidney failure and needs a kidney transplant I will donate one of my kidneys to him I have also done some research and would like to share this information with you IV. I will first talk about what organ donation is and how it works‚ next Arguments against organ donation and refutations and finally How to become an organ donor and the benefits of organ donation Body I. What organ donation is and
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Speech Title: Organ Transplants General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: I want to educate my audience about organ donation matching process‚ the requirements to donate and to receive organs‚ and how donations can be found. Introduction: 1. Attention Getter: As defined by www.dictionary.com ‚ an organ transplant is deemed an operation moving an organ from an organism (the donor) to another (the recipient). In the U.S. alone surgeons performed 5‚273 liver transplants in 2008‚ according
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Outline Persuasive Speech Topic: Organ Donation Post Mortem Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming an organ and tissue donor after death. Thesis: Organ and tissue donation isn’t just an important decision for yourself‚ but it can also impact and save the lives of so many more. Intro: Imagine having to wait for something you really want. Could you do it‚ even if it took months or even years? Now imagine that it was something you literally couldn’t live without. Over 100 thousand
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Saving Lives When Is It Ethical The decision to be an organ donor is not an easy decision to make‚ but the donor has the easiest part of the donation process. The decision of when to extract the organs usually falls on the family and the attending physician. The question since organ donation began has always been when are you really dead? This one question has been an ongoing controversy not only with the public‚ but with churches‚ and the government as well. The government has tried to put rules
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of organs in the United States is leading to dilemmas and moral issues for physicians. They are taking a closer look at the feasible recipients and their potential for future success. The key to a successful transplant is carefully selecting those patients who are good matches and who need it urgently. For example‚ patients who have matching blood types should receive organs before those whose bodies may reject the implant. One problem that physicians are dealing with is providing organs to
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Why organ donation is important? Did you know that seventeen people will die today? They will not die because they were in a car wreck‚ involved in a shooting‚ or because it was simply that their time had come. Seventeen people will die because they couldn’t get an organ transplant in time. Money’s not the issue here. Neither is scarcity. There are potential donors who pass away every day who could meet the needs of people on the waiting list. The problem is the potential
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medical science‚ organ donation is a popular procedure that saves many lives. With every development that is deemed perfect‚ there is a great flaw. As people are saved with a new kidney or heart‚ more die waiting for a transplant. An absence of donors has led to an alternative that has sparked more controversy than well-being. Although organ harvesting impedes our right to life‚ further advancements have the possibility of saving lives and alternatives to donors‚ such as convicts. Organ harvesting has
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with organ donation and more then hundred lives with tissue. If more people were educated on the different they could make with donating‚ I feel it would have a more positive outcome. Blood and Organ donation is not really discussed as much as it should. There are pros and cons to donating just as there are for everything else. The cons of donating that most people have a problem with is that the body is hooked up on life support until the organs are removed. So the heart and other organs might
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