Legalize the Sale of Human Organs Compensation for the donation of human organs should be legalized for medical use. Medical surgeons everywhere are calling the government to have them legalize the sale of organs for transplants; allowing people to sell their organs would help people by meeting their financial expenses‚ solve the lack of supply‚ save many lives‚ and get control of the black market. Compensation for donating bone marrow is legalized‚ so why not organs? There has been a huge
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257 people registered as donors. About 4‚000 more people are added to the national waiting list each day. Every day‚ an average of 79 people receive organ transplants but more than 6‚500 people a year‚ about 18 a day‚
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Clayton Vossler Miss Orsich Research Paper 19 February 2014 A Market for Organs Imagine being the parent of a four year old girl who needs a heart transplant. If she receives a heart‚ she will live a long‚ healthy life. Without it‚ she may not live through the year. A parent would do everything and anything to make sure she received a new heart. Put her on a waiting list‚ a year seems like plenty of time. But the weeks slowly turn into months‚ and months turn into a year and the baby girl loses
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since November of 1995‚ and he needed a kidney transplant. Unfortunately‚ he never received one‚ resulting in the cause of his death. Each day about 70 people receive an organ transplant. However‚ 16 people die each day waiting for transplants that cannot take place because of the shortage of donated organs‚ according to organdonor.gov. In New York alone‚ only 350 people are organ donors where 7‚000 New Yorkers are currently awaiting organ transplants. One organ donor can save up to 8 lives by
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ARGUMENTS FOR: More than 8‚000 people in the UK need a transplant‚ but a shortage of donors means that fewer than 3‚000 transplants are carried out annually. Advances in medical science mean that the number of people whose lives could be saved by a transplant is rising more rapidly than the number of willing donors. The law as it stands condemns many‚ some of them children‚ to an unnecessary death‚ simply because of the shortage of willing donors while‚ as the BMA puts it‚ ’bodies are buried or
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February‚ 19‚ 2012 Compensation for Live Organ Donors Currently‚ there are over 100‚000 people on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waiting list for organ transplantation (2012‚ Transplant Trends). Only 26‚ 246 transplantations occurred between January and November of 2011‚ (UNOS‚ 2012‚ Transplant Trends). There is a huge contrast in the number of people needing organs and the number of organs actually available for transplantation. This lack of organs creates a serious dilemma regarding
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operation. Riether and Mahler (1995) indicated that “rumors‚ misconceptions‚ misinformation in the media and lack of information” were other factors affected people’s attitude toward organ donation. Religion such as Judaism permits and encourage organ transplants. (Riether
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are hundreds of thousands of individuals in need of life-saving organ transplants‚ but the wait list is so long. That is why human organ sales must be legalized worldwide. It will not only increase the amount of organs donated that will escalate the possibility of saving lives‚ but it will also eliminate the black market or underground economy by having faster transaction because of nearer sources. The shortage of transplant organs is a major problem is beyond dispute. In 2008‚ a UK report published
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Name Term paper for Health Economics‚ Econ 339 Kidney for Sale: Is the Idea Legal‚ Ethical‚ or Economically Sound? Abstract: Each year thousands of people die while waiting for a kidney transplant. A market for kidney sales is currently illegal in nearly every country. This paper addresses the legal and ethical issues‚ as well as the economic effects that a legal market would create. The following aspects of such a market were explored: the ethical pros and cons; the current price ceiling for
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the process works‚ or who the individuals are that make it happen? If not‚ I will describe to you why Catherine Morse Ed.D‚ MSN‚ CRNA‚ APN‚ believes you should question and learn more about the subject‚ as there is an increasing need for organ transplants across our nation with each passing moment. The care and management of a donor’s organs and protocol to be followed is crucial to saving the lives of the intended recipients‚ as well as maintaining the viability of the organs to be donated. A Certified
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