leave her comatose state‚ and suggested ending life support immediately to remove her organs. Luckily‚ the family did not believe this was the proper time to discuss such things‚ as she came out of her coma three days later. Had they given up‚ my mother would have been removed from life support‚ and she and I would not be here today. At this moment‚ 119‚862 people in the U.S. are in need of a lifesaving organ transplant (U.S. Department of Human and Health Services). Each day‚ 22 of those in need
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INTRODUCTION For years‚ people have debated how unjustly organ transplantation is distributed according to geographical divisions. What is more‚ these divisions‚ which are the product of the political tactic to manipulate regions‚ gerrymandering‚ have increased the discrepancies in the number of people in need of viable organs to survive compared to the amount available. The United Network for Organ Sharing‚ which is in charge of the distribution of organs in the United States‚ ranks patients in specific
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Bibliography: The Ethics of Organ Transplanting: The Current Debate‚ Arthur Caplan‚ 1998‚ pp. 41-43. The Encyclopedia of Health‚ Dale C. Garell‚ M.D. General Editor‚ Jeffrey Finn and Eliot Marshall‚ 1990‚ pp. 67-69‚ 95-97. 133-135. The Nicholas Greene Effect: A Boy ’s Gift to the
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Annotated Bibliography Working Thesis: Organ Donors should be able to have the right to choose if their organs after death will be donated to another without any complications even if they die of brain death or euthanasia‚ inside or outside a medical facility‚ as well as laws should be put in place or an alternative method stating that their wishes no matter what the family thinks‚ due to ethical or moral issues‚ should be honored. Organs are going to waste every year because not enough people
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Name: Institution: Date: Title: Organ Donation – the life saver. Topic: Most of the times people face challenges with their body organs and yet most of us die with our organs which can be used to save a life. Purpose statement: to persuade the Red Cross club members in becoming organ donors and to act upon their decision to donate. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: What is the feeling of having to wait long for something that you really need? How do you feel when it’s something you
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SAMPLE PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) Title: Organ Donation Name: Susie Smith General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate. Time: 8 min. 29 sec. I. INTRODUCTION (Attention) A. Attention Material/Credibility Material: 1. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really‚ really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live
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suitable organ donation as they have suffered from and organ failure disease‚ Australia currently has an opt-in organ donation system. At any one time‚ there are 1‚700 people waiting for a suitable organ. These individuals wait‚ on average for four years for a suitable organ to be donated. 90% of Australians support organ donation‚ yet only 56% are registered organ donors. To allow an individual to die of a natural death and allow additional individuals to die‚ who could potentially An organ transplant
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How many people are actually on the transplant waiting list? How many people are able to find the correct match and receive the transplant? THESIS STATEMENT: With the information I am about to give you‚ hopefully you would become a registered donor and save many lives after your death. BODY There are 120‚000 people on the waiting list to receive an organ transplant. Each day about 22 people die from either waiting or cannot find a correct match to get a transplant. In a year span over one 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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solution to human organ transplants is solved. A new idea and practice that will involve every individual to have an option to both save their life‚ as well as the life of another human being. The new solution for human transplant and donation involves the legalization of selling human organs on the open market. In hindsight‚ this seems to answer all the problems of organ donning‚ and
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