have turned towards the highly controversial organ trafficking system. The harvesting of such ‘black market’ organs is deemed illegal‚ but is allegedly booming in China. It has become the destination for people wanting to avoid the waiting lists and receive a ‘quick’ transplant. China conducts more transplant surgeries than any other country besides the United States; and it is said the wait for a vital organ is less than a month and over 10‚000 organs are transplanted each year. But unlike other
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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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you should be organ/tissue donor. Being an organ donor saves lives‚ stops the shortage of organs needed‚ and there is no cost at all. Approximately 1‚800 children are waiting for organ transplants. A transplant for someone in need could mean second chance at life. Organ donning could save a lot of lives. People would look up to you as a hero for saving their loved ones. You alone could save up to 8 lives through organ donation and help other with tissue donations. Organ donation allows recipients
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buy or sell human organs? For this ethical issue‚ a college student with heavy financial burdens chooses to sell his kidney to meet his urgent financial needs‚ however‚ he later learns that it is illegal to sell his own kidney. Therefore‚ why should it be illegal for him to sale his own kidney if we have free will over our own bodies and we have the right to what we can or cannot do with our bodies? If medical companies can turn a profit on dead people’s donated bodies and organs then why can’t we
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Organ procurement is another ethical issue involved in organ transplantation. It is about procuring‚ transferring and handling of an organ for transplantation. Procurement involves moral judgment in obtaining organs and death determination. Removal is warranted morally when the decision is out from donor’s autonomy after he or she is fully informed and given voluntary consent. (Um‚ 1998‚ p.67) It is self-determination and people can refuse or voluntarily accept to donate their organs. However‚ it
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Responsibility Ought to be Considered in Organ Allocation Organ allocation. A process in which someone‚ somewhere decides where to place people on the transplant list. Many factors must be considered as organs are a scarce resource. Such factors must include‚ life style‚ age‚ prognosis‚ other comorbidities and most importantly the cause for the transplant. To explore these ideas‚ I will focus on the Zambrano article introduced in class. In this article‚ the author explores the argument of responsibility
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What is organ donation? 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. In the united states there are 108k people on the waiting list‚ waiting for an organ to save their life. 18 people die everyday in the world‚ waiting for an organ. This is a very sad and serious matter. Imagine one of us were to die today‚ touch wood‚ would you want to save life by donating to the people who
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Why You Should Become an Organ Donor Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor‚ you will be able to say “I WILL save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way of giving back to others and being able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become donors. Patients are forced to wait months‚ even
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market” and “organ trafficking” conjure images of shady deals made in the dark alleys of faraway countries; grisly untrained surgeons and kidnapped people. The truth of the matter is‚ however‚ that the black market organ trade is much more complex and professional that one might think. The illegal organ trade is a vast‚ organized network of (mostly) willing donors‚ middlemen‚ and the thousands of recipients‚ some of whom reside right here in America. With the current worldwide shortage of organs‚ the black
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Awareness on the Importance of Living Organ Donors Every year thousands of ordinary people save the life of someone in need. Ordinary citizens do extraordinary acts by running into a burning building to save a child‚ rushing to the scene of a car accident‚ or diving into a river to help a less than experienced swimmer. But there is also a less well known act of heroism that is equally heroic‚ and that is the decision to become a living organ donor. Living organ donors are the silent heroes whose generosity
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