Memorandum To: Hospital Staff‚ Peer Review Committee‚ Hospital Trustees From: -Lead Surgeon Date: January 20‚ 2013 Subject: Heart Transplant Candidate The purpose of this memorandum is to come to a conclusion about which individual should receive the heart transplant taking into account ethics. There are three people who are in need of the organ transplant; Jerry‚ Lisa‚ and Ozzy. In order to make an informed decision it is important to look at all three cases. Candidate #1- Jerry is a 55
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Organ donations and Transplants in Humans: It can help someone else because there are certain organs that you cannot live without‚ but of course it’s after the donor has passed away and is in good condition “Organ transplantation is the surgical removal of an organ or tissues from one person (the donor) and placing it in another person (the recipient). Organ donation is when you allow your organs or tissues to be removed and given to someone else. Most donated organs and tissues are from people
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of getting a transplant is to skip the wait list and just buy one. Although Satel makes a good argument she seems very biased and provides biased evidence to support her claims. Satel claims that there is a problem with organ donations. In order to prove this she begins her argument by stating that the wait for a kidney in a big city‚ “is five to eight years and expected to double by 2010.”(2) Well‚ it is now 2012 and it still takes the same amount of time to get a kidney transplant. The time did
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Debate of Selling Kidneys In discussions of organ and kidney transplants‚ one controversial issue has been whether selling them is ethical and should be legal. Over the recent years‚ the demand for kidney transplants has increased so much that it has become greater than the supply (Taylor 634). On the one hand‚ opponents argue that is unethical to sell people’s body parts. On the other hand‚ proponents contend that individuals are in charge of their own body. This has led to the recent debate
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In the United States‚ there are 120‚000 Americans listed on a transplant list‚ and over 30 die daily due to waiting or other illness that prevent them from becoming recipients(Washington post‚ 2014). Organ shortages seem to be a massive problem in the world today. According to the CDC‚ the most common transplants are the kidney‚ followed by the liver‚ heart and lungs (CDC‚ 2014). Deceased individuals only make up 1% of the donations‚ leading to an organ shortage today. This brings up several topics
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became a heart surgeon at Harefield Hospital in England. Under his leadership‚ Harefield became the most important transplant centre in the country. In the early 1980s‚ he was part of the team which did the first British heart transplant operation. At this time‚ he travelled thousands of kilometers in small planes and helicopters to find healthy hearts for transplants. Yacoub became professor of Heart Surgery at London University in 1986. Although he retired as a surgeon in 2001‚ he
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have been cancelled due to lack of organ supplies. Since organ sales in America are illegal‚ transplant tourism has increased. Many people would oppose to legalizing organ sales because those people believes that each person‚ whether rich or poor‚ must have equal medical benefits. Many operations are not being performed because there are not enough organs to use for transplant. Transplant operations have been performed successfully but the supplies of organs haven’t increased because
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first successful kidney transplant in Boston. Since then‚ medical science has concentrated on organ donation as a way of replacing a recipient ’s dysfunctional organ with that of a healthy donor organ. TYPES OF ORGAN DONATION The organs that can be donated include: Heart Patients with severe heart failure who cannot be helped any longer with medication and/or surgery may benefit from a heart transplant. Liver Patients with liver failure may benefit from a liver transplant. Pancreas Patients
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Refutation Outline Topic: Organ donation General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death Central Idea: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself‚ but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. ------------------------------------------------- Organizational Pattern: Refutation (chapter 17‚ pp. 387-388). Delivery Outline: Keywords
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donate one of their organs when they die Organ donation provides a second chance at life for thousands of people. Some people believe organ donation should be mandatory for everyone to donate their organs when they die. Because the demand for transplants has grown far faster than the supply‚ and this stipulation also can save more lives and reduce illegal dealings. On the other hand many people against this stipulation because of the religions‚ and they believe it may violate human rights. Firstly
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