An important point to note is the Iranian model for the organ trading. Iran already has the organ trading legalized and the waiting list for kidneys has dwindled to zero. As past countries have attempted to diminish the waiting list for organs and failed, the Iranian model has addressed several key issues that had brought the others to fall short from success. One of the key issues regarding the organ trade is the exploitation of the poor for organs. Or even when a lower economical person needs an organ, they cannot afford one on the black market as they sell the organs for an extremely high price compared to what the broker had paid the poor person for their organs. Iran addresses this important issue by having 302 dialysis units, 25 transplant
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If you’re buying or selling an organ, it is made sure that the organ can be usable and will match the recipient, to ensure the safety of the beneficiary. Before the standards, there would be a high rejection rate for the organs if not properly matched, a high rate of infection whether for the donor or the recipient, as well as a high chance that the organ was taken from an elder or a sick patient thus in turn having the transplanted organ is weak and or fails within a short period of time. Another issue that would be addressed in this model is the prevention of transplant tourism. Transplant tourism is the event when persons from other countries travel to find cheaper organs in several countries. The way they treat transplant tourism is with strict regulations against who can and cannot receive organ transplants in their country. The only people who may receive an organ transplant is someone who is a current and legal resident of Iran, and can only receive an organ from a current and legal resident as well. This allows for only the citizens of Iran to give and receive organs, as …show more content…
The Iranian model addresses these issues with precision as well. The first issue would be only the rich persons of Iran would be able to afford these organs being donated. As the donor pool increases, lowering the shortage of organs in Iran, the lower the price of organs cost. As in any economy, if there is a shortage of any in demand products the price of the product increases exponentially. As the pool increases, the lower the price of the organs. As Iran realizes that there are still people who cannot afford these already lower priced organs, they still believe they deserve a chance. Iran has charitable organizations ready to help fund those who cannot afford the organs. These charitable organizations make it accessible to not only the people on the higher end of the economic scale, but also those who would of never dreamed of being able to pay for a new organ who would’ve died. Another ethical issue that may occur without the legalization of unrelated organ donations would be the coercion of living related donors (Ghods). Although this is not a common thought about problem when it comes to donations, if a person’s wife or husband needs an organ and you’re a match to them, there is a lot of social pressure on that person. This pressure makes the person feel as though they need to give away their organs. With the legalization of paid unrelated living donors it takes
If you’re buying or selling an organ, it is made sure that the organ can be usable and will match the recipient, to ensure the safety of the beneficiary. Before the standards, there would be a high rejection rate for the organs if not properly matched, a high rate of infection whether for the donor or the recipient, as well as a high chance that the organ was taken from an elder or a sick patient thus in turn having the transplanted organ is weak and or fails within a short period of time. Another issue that would be addressed in this model is the prevention of transplant tourism. Transplant tourism is the event when persons from other countries travel to find cheaper organs in several countries. The way they treat transplant tourism is with strict regulations against who can and cannot receive organ transplants in their country. The only people who may receive an organ transplant is someone who is a current and legal resident of Iran, and can only receive an organ from a current and legal resident as well. This allows for only the citizens of Iran to give and receive organs, as …show more content…
The Iranian model addresses these issues with precision as well. The first issue would be only the rich persons of Iran would be able to afford these organs being donated. As the donor pool increases, lowering the shortage of organs in Iran, the lower the price of organs cost. As in any economy, if there is a shortage of any in demand products the price of the product increases exponentially. As the pool increases, the lower the price of the organs. As Iran realizes that there are still people who cannot afford these already lower priced organs, they still believe they deserve a chance. Iran has charitable organizations ready to help fund those who cannot afford the organs. These charitable organizations make it accessible to not only the people on the higher end of the economic scale, but also those who would of never dreamed of being able to pay for a new organ who would’ve died. Another ethical issue that may occur without the legalization of unrelated organ donations would be the coercion of living related donors (Ghods). Although this is not a common thought about problem when it comes to donations, if a person’s wife or husband needs an organ and you’re a match to them, there is a lot of social pressure on that person. This pressure makes the person feel as though they need to give away their organs. With the legalization of paid unrelated living donors it takes