1. What question or general themes is the author asking/presenting in the article?
The article presents the global issue between supply and demand in the market for organ transplants. In recent years, the demand for organ transplants has skyrocketed, while the supply of organ donors has risen at a turtle’s pace. The aging populations of many first world countries has taken a toll on the supply of available organs. The shortage of organ donors has resulted in extreme waiting list, and in more extreme cases, illegal organ-harvesting. Because of the shortage, many villains such as Michael Mastromarino took to body-snatching. This “opportunists” made millions of dollars harvesting the bones, skin, and ligaments from corpses nabbed from funeral homes. This was just one of the many criminals that sought out to make a profit in the wake of the organ shortages.
2. What answer or principal assertion does the author propose?
The author proposes that nations explore new and safer avenues to increase the supply of organ donors. The author shines a light on how other countries are combating this shortage. For example, Spain, the “champion of the dead-donor league” has doubled its number donors in the past twenty years. Spain’s success is owed to its opt-out system, an excellent network of organ-transplant teams in every hospital, and the …show more content…
The Iranian system is very interesting, the country has the highest living-donor rate in the world and it is the only country that sanctions monetary compensation for organs. Under the Iranian system, a patient awaiting a transplant is given more opportunities than that under the U.S system. First, the Iranian patient must attempt a willing donor form their family, failing that, they must wait six months for a suitable donor from the system, and if all else fails, then they can use the organ market and purchase the needed organ from a willing
The article presents the global issue between supply and demand in the market for organ transplants. In recent years, the demand for organ transplants has skyrocketed, while the supply of organ donors has risen at a turtle’s pace. The aging populations of many first world countries has taken a toll on the supply of available organs. The shortage of organ donors has resulted in extreme waiting list, and in more extreme cases, illegal organ-harvesting. Because of the shortage, many villains such as Michael Mastromarino took to body-snatching. This “opportunists” made millions of dollars harvesting the bones, skin, and ligaments from corpses nabbed from funeral homes. This was just one of the many criminals that sought out to make a profit in the wake of the organ shortages.
2. What answer or principal assertion does the author propose?
The author proposes that nations explore new and safer avenues to increase the supply of organ donors. The author shines a light on how other countries are combating this shortage. For example, Spain, the “champion of the dead-donor league” has doubled its number donors in the past twenty years. Spain’s success is owed to its opt-out system, an excellent network of organ-transplant teams in every hospital, and the …show more content…
The Iranian system is very interesting, the country has the highest living-donor rate in the world and it is the only country that sanctions monetary compensation for organs. Under the Iranian system, a patient awaiting a transplant is given more opportunities than that under the U.S system. First, the Iranian patient must attempt a willing donor form their family, failing that, they must wait six months for a suitable donor from the system, and if all else fails, then they can use the organ market and purchase the needed organ from a willing