Ethical Dilemmas In The Organ Transplants Process

“If you save one life, it is though you have saved the world,” a quote by the Talmud. People throughout the world have the potential to save one to many lives. These people are called organ donors. People who have organ failure need to replace that failing organ to live, and organ donors give those people what they need to survive. Although organ transplants seem perfect and issue-free, there are many ethical dilemmas in the world of healthcare, in which some deal with organ transplants. An ethical dilemma in the organ transplant process comes with contact between the recipient and the donor and if they should contact one another.
The rules as of now is that the donor/donor’s family can initiate contact with the recipients of the organs through the local Organ Procurement Organization (OPO). Transplant recipients can also initiate contact with their donor/donor’s family, but they would have to put in a request to the transplant center where the surgery was performed. That facility would forward it to OPO, who would then forward it to the donor/donor’s family, …show more content…
However, I would have to set my feelings aside and obey my boss and my patients’ requests. Learning this information will help me as a healthcare provider by educating me on what organ transplant is and how it can affect different people in different ways. An ethical dilemma in the organ transplant process deals with contact between the recipient and the donor if they decide to contact one another. Today, only a little portion of transplant victims decide to meet each other in person. Although the OPO and many other organizations are against meeting, there are mostly good outcomes of those who have met. No one knows which is the best way to go about this situation. Should parties of transplants be able to contact and meet each other if both give consent? Some people say yes, while others