Organ donation affects hundreds of thousands of people and their families worldwide. At the end of October 2008‚ more than 100‚000 people were waiting for an organ in the United States alone. Unfortunately‚ the number of donors is nowhere near that figure. The development of organ transplantation as a standard medical procedure denotes that there is a substantial demand for organs than is adequate to fulfill the current needs (Barber 234). If the organs were readily available as needed‚ thousands
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Organ Donation If you could get the chance to see or possibly provide a miracle on a day-to-day basis‚ would you be willing? As a nurse‚ I witness people being given another chance at life via organ donation. Donating organs has not always been an argument until people realized that some of the donors were not actually dead. For instance‚ we have the” Dead Donor Rule” which in simpler terms means the patient must be dead before any removal of organs can done (Sade‚ Brain Dead). Due to this rule
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the people who receive organs have self-damaged their own organs such as by drug use or other irresponsible behaviors (eating patterns‚ sexual activity patterns‚ etc.). There are measures taken by the medical community to ensure that they’re not engaged in these behaviors while they’re waiting for an organ but that doesn’t change the history of the behaviors or how the damage was done. 2) Most of the people will have shortened lifespans anyway even if they receive the organ. 3) Most of the people
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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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Summary of Extracts on Organ Donation The following is a summary of information regarding organ donation found in the extracts of articles by Boyle (2006) and Wilkinson (2008). It highlights the critical need for donors‚ the positive impact donation can have on a recipient’s quality of life‚ and the need for clearer guidelines in regards to the process. Organ donation is a highly emotive subject that polarises opinion. For every person who makes the decision to donate their organs to save another
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include organ failure. People who wait on a list to be given a new organ. The list gets longer and longer every year and people die in result of the length of the list. As NBC13.com news points out “everyday seventeen people die waiting for organ transplants.”People are truly waiting to die. These deaths could simply be prevented by having a system in place that could provide a service to these helpless individuals. According to this same site‚ there are 120‚000 people still waiting for organs‚ nationwide
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to presume people want to donate their organs unless they specifically say otherwise. Under current law‚ people give permission to donate their organs by checking a box on their driver’s licenses or filling out a donor card. The legislation‚ introduced by Assemblyman Richard Brodsky‚ a Westchester Democrat‚ is in two parts: the first step would end the right of the next of kin to challenge the decisions of their dead or dying relatives to donate their organs. In a second measure‚ which is far
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are two types of organ donations‚ living and deceased. Nobody realizes what the numbers are and how many there are suffering. “Currently‚ nearly 124‚000 men‚ women and children are awaiting organ transplants in the United States.” (Organ 1) According to The U.S Department of Health and Human Services‚ a person is added to the list every ten minutes. 79 people every day are saved by organ donation. (Need1) However‚ 22 people die waiting for a transplant because of a shortage of organs. (Need 1) Everyone
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Organ donation is the process of removal and transplantation of organs from donor to recipient. It has been arguing in the society whether or not it should be compulsory for everyone to donate one of their organs when they die. Although it is obvious that organ donation saves more people’s lives and decreases organ trafficking‚ it could be insensitive to cultural beliefs or donor’s family and human rights. Firstly‚ it is often argued that organ donation should be compulsory to save more people’s
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Should All Citizens be made to Donate Their Organs When They Die? Jannaya Williams CH11 Part A: Source 1: Rainbow raw author of the Organ Donation Should be Compulsory article‚ created on 30th May‚ 2012 discusses the forever asking question that all citizens should be made to donate their organs once deceased. The author addresses the topic with the use of statistics from the Australia’s organ donations site. Rainbow raw has no known qualifications or expertise; although the information provided
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