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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of others” (Pericles). Organ donation is the process of one human being donating his or her organs to another human being in need. Which is very often since on average 22 people die every day while waiting for a transplant. With that being said every 10 minutes a patient is added to the waiting list. While on the waiting list there is no guarantee that the patient will receive a transplant. To top it off there is a 1:8 ratio with organ donation. That means mean one organ donor can save 8 lives.
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I have chosen the topic of organ donation/transplantation. I would begin my introduction with background information about organ donation/transplantation like when it first came into the medical field‚ as well as what were its major milestones in history so far. I would introduce my thesis in the introduction paragraph. My thesis statement is‚ organ transplants have revolutionized medicine and have become a major part of saving a human life and there should be more organ donors each year to help contribute
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donate her organs to people who are in need is ethically acceptable to society. Organ transplant is a personal choice that has many benefits that out way the consequences. Jane has realized that her functioning organs will serve many benefits for someone who Is sick and needs an organ to survive when she dies. She is a selfless person and has spent the majority of her spare time helping others‚ donating her organs when she dies is simply a reflection of her good deeds. The purpose for organ transplants
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During class on October 17th‚ Seth Barnes came to talk to our class about organ donation. Barnes wanted to educate our class on the organ donation process and how people should consider being an organ donor. Barnes seemed to be really passionate about what he does for a living‚ he is the Organ and Tissue Donation Liaison. He talked about his personal experience of how he got started with becoming a nurse and how he ended up to where he is now. Barnes helped me understand that the donation process
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For many doctors‚ nurses‚ and the general public; the term life support calls up the image of a ventilator. However‚ there are many types of life support -one of them is organ transplanting. As with any other type of life support‚ organ transplantation comes with its share of problems. Today‚ science has made improvement in the field of transplantation to the point that most transplant operations are considered low risked operations. The success rate is high for kidney‚ liver‚ cornea and even
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Legalization on Organ Selling Idaho State University Bishal Thpa Dr. Thomas Pfister English 1102-17 5 December 2013 Legalization of Organ Selling Deborah Kotz’s article on “Women can Sell their Eggs‚ so why not Kidney” is basically about the legalization of organ transplantation. In this article she argues if women can sell their eggs then why not kidneys? She wants organ selling to be legalized. She also has mentioned other writers like Sally Satel who also thinks organ selling
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Many people find organ donation a challenging topic to consider‚ a bit like talking about death. Possibly this is because at the time one or more people are receiving a donor’s kidney or heart‚ another family is undergoing a tragic loss. Organ donation is the act of donating an organ by a person so that it can be transplanted by surgical procedure in the body of the recipient. Organ donation can benefit many people from death or any other critical conditions. A person already dying can save someone’s
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Richard A. Epstein Thinking the Unthinkable: Organ Sales Richard A. Epstein puts forth a very convincing argument on selling organs; he brings up many factors which could persuade you to think the way he does on the issue of selling organs. Epstein argues that we should legalize selling organs. He presents both sides of the argument as well as a rebuttal to the opposite side of the issue. Epstein also argues many different factors which could lead you to disagree with him‚ arguments which
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Title: The Ethical Issues Surrounding Organ Transplantation Abstract With organ transplants so prevalent in today’s society‚ it is important that the ethical issues surrounding them are fully understood. While many people want to see life extended as long as possible‚ there are others who believe life must be allowed to run its natural course. This literature review examines the process of organ transplantation from continuous shortages of available organs to the distribution process to the
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