Ethical Issues Of Organ Transplants

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People should more consider about organs transplant, as another reason, because it includes many controversial ethical issues such as an argument of implied consent. They may not make a right decision when they have to do unless thinking deeply about it. Actually, Japanese citizens should be supposed to show their intention about organ transplant in the backside of health insurance card. Some claim that compelling people to think about organ transplant might cause another ethicaletical problem, so letting people to willing to think about the issue is important. Organ transplants from a live person are one of the biggest issues. On one hand, it could improve human beings’ health condition, but it contains serious problems which can infringe

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