Wade Wilder, a U.S. Army soldier, a husband and father of two young girls, died at the tender age of 28, after multiple end-stage organ failure claimed his life due to complications from lupus. Every day 79 people receive the gift of organ transplant but my cousin Wade was not so fortunate. I strongly support organ donation and advocate for federal incentives that will appeal to potential donors to increase transplant opportunities and awareness. I am passionate about organ donation for three reasons which I will support with researched fact. Today there are over 121,185 citizens on the donor wait list who will die if they do not receive a transportable organ. Of the 22 people who die every day waiting for an organ, another person will
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The shared opinion of many medical professionals believe, that negative social attitudes attribute to the deficit of organ transplantation from deceased donors (Jakubowska-Winecka, Rowinski, Wlodarczyk, & Wojtowicz, 2006). Negative attitudes toward organ donation has played a major role in not meeting benchmarks for donor lists. Attitude is defined as a feeling or way of thinking that affects a person’s behavior. Extreme attitudes against organ donation are mostly unsubstantiated, unfair and emotional charged, and their knowledge of procurement are relatively poor in comparison to supporters of organ donation. This risky way of thinking is often generationally connected and its ideals passed on between family members, friends, even within workplace settings amongst associates within one’s relationship circle. Regardless of how an individual becomes an opposer of organ donation, it negatively impacts America’s donation rate and remains a significant barrier to treatment of end-stage organ failure. Biased information leads opposition to think, the religious denomination they identify with objects to organ donation. However fact is all major religions in the U.S. approve to organ donation and considers organ donation a loving act of charity or a generous gift according to Gift of Life Donor Program, an organ procurement organization (OPO) operating in the Pennsylvania area. An equal hesitation to donation is that if a person has a preexisting medical concern they automatically are ineligible for organ donation. An additional misconception is donation is from a select age group, that someone is too young old or old to donate. Both are simply not true. The harsh reality of organ donation is all ages stand to benefit from donation, the young and old equally. While it may be difficult to experience the loss of a child, as a parent when you consent to organ donation you can rewrite
The shared opinion of many medical professionals believe, that negative social attitudes attribute to the deficit of organ transplantation from deceased donors (Jakubowska-Winecka, Rowinski, Wlodarczyk, & Wojtowicz, 2006). Negative attitudes toward organ donation has played a major role in not meeting benchmarks for donor lists. Attitude is defined as a feeling or way of thinking that affects a person’s behavior. Extreme attitudes against organ donation are mostly unsubstantiated, unfair and emotional charged, and their knowledge of procurement are relatively poor in comparison to supporters of organ donation. This risky way of thinking is often generationally connected and its ideals passed on between family members, friends, even within workplace settings amongst associates within one’s relationship circle. Regardless of how an individual becomes an opposer of organ donation, it negatively impacts America’s donation rate and remains a significant barrier to treatment of end-stage organ failure. Biased information leads opposition to think, the religious denomination they identify with objects to organ donation. However fact is all major religions in the U.S. approve to organ donation and considers organ donation a loving act of charity or a generous gift according to Gift of Life Donor Program, an organ procurement organization (OPO) operating in the Pennsylvania area. An equal hesitation to donation is that if a person has a preexisting medical concern they automatically are ineligible for organ donation. An additional misconception is donation is from a select age group, that someone is too young old or old to donate. Both are simply not true. The harsh reality of organ donation is all ages stand to benefit from donation, the young and old equally. While it may be difficult to experience the loss of a child, as a parent when you consent to organ donation you can rewrite