Organs for Sale, the Good, the Bad and the Moral Dilemma
End-stage organ failure is the most common diagnosis for those awaiting an organ transplant. Currently the waiting list for a donor organ has reached a critical level with approximately 123,000 men, women, and children waiting for a donor organ, with an additional person being added to the national waiting list every 12 minutes. (see table 1) Unfortunately 21 individuals will die every day before a donor organ ever becomes available and despite years of organized campaigns to increase organ donation there has been little progress in reducing the shortage; a new approach to this dilemma needs to be considered.
Basically there are three different ways of donating an organ; donation after …show more content…
Measures need to be taken sooner than later to eliminate or discourage the black market and decrease the organ shortage in the U.S. which is turn would reduce the market for organ trafficking in other countries, “The reason that organ trafficking flourishes is because it’s economically supported by wealthy countries where there’s a disparity between the demand for and supply of organs”. (Rachael Rettner) Currently there is only one country in the world does not suffer from an organ shortage: Iran. Although Iran clearly does not serve as a model for solving most of the world’s problems, its method for solving its organ shortage is well worth examining. Organ donation is ubiquitous throughout the world, but Iran is the only country that legally permits kidney vending, the sale of one individual’s kidney to another suffering from kidney failure. (Benjamin E. …show more content…
Safety measure would need to be established and enforced with possible wait time restrictions for individuals wishing to donate a kidney to prevent them from making an impulsive decisions. Though statistically the impoverished would be more likely to donate a kidney for financial gain they are impacted the most from the current shortage as those with money travel to other countries arranging for transplants through the underground market. (Wesley J Smith, J.D.) A program regulating the payment and sale of organs would make the supply of donor organs more readily available to the poor with Medicaid helping with the cost of the transplant. The program would need to be overseen by transplant professionals who would screen donors and decide if they are healthy enough to donate, both the health interest of the donor and recipient needs to be first and
End-stage organ failure is the most common diagnosis for those awaiting an organ transplant. Currently the waiting list for a donor organ has reached a critical level with approximately 123,000 men, women, and children waiting for a donor organ, with an additional person being added to the national waiting list every 12 minutes. (see table 1) Unfortunately 21 individuals will die every day before a donor organ ever becomes available and despite years of organized campaigns to increase organ donation there has been little progress in reducing the shortage; a new approach to this dilemma needs to be considered.
Basically there are three different ways of donating an organ; donation after …show more content…
Measures need to be taken sooner than later to eliminate or discourage the black market and decrease the organ shortage in the U.S. which is turn would reduce the market for organ trafficking in other countries, “The reason that organ trafficking flourishes is because it’s economically supported by wealthy countries where there’s a disparity between the demand for and supply of organs”. (Rachael Rettner) Currently there is only one country in the world does not suffer from an organ shortage: Iran. Although Iran clearly does not serve as a model for solving most of the world’s problems, its method for solving its organ shortage is well worth examining. Organ donation is ubiquitous throughout the world, but Iran is the only country that legally permits kidney vending, the sale of one individual’s kidney to another suffering from kidney failure. (Benjamin E. …show more content…
Safety measure would need to be established and enforced with possible wait time restrictions for individuals wishing to donate a kidney to prevent them from making an impulsive decisions. Though statistically the impoverished would be more likely to donate a kidney for financial gain they are impacted the most from the current shortage as those with money travel to other countries arranging for transplants through the underground market. (Wesley J Smith, J.D.) A program regulating the payment and sale of organs would make the supply of donor organs more readily available to the poor with Medicaid helping with the cost of the transplant. The program would need to be overseen by transplant professionals who would screen donors and decide if they are healthy enough to donate, both the health interest of the donor and recipient needs to be first and