What is organ donation? The definition of an Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person and placing it into another person. This happens when a person’s organ has failed to work. An organ has a specific vital function. The heart, liver lungs, pancreas and intestines are solid transplantable organs. Other organs are skin, brain and spinal cord, skeleton, muscles, stomach, gall bladder, bladder, eyes, ear, nose, mouth, tongue, and nerves. One person donating can save up to eight lives.
There are two sources for an organ donation, from a person who has passed away and a living person. A living person who has decided to donate an organ usually donate to a family member or someone close. They donate …show more content…
Some places do not believe in donating organs or the sanctity of the human body at all due to their culture. This affects the consent for organ donation. Because of this, people think it’s better to donate while still being alive. Selling organs to the hospitals so they can earn money to support their families. Some people also think that they should be paid for donating an organ, since organ donation is basically charity. People get paid for donating blood, plasma and tissue, so the question is, why shouldn 't they not get paid for donating an organ? I think that if you were to donate an organ then you would do it because you simply care about other people who are suffering, not because you want the money. There are other ways you can earn money but putting your health on the line for it, isn 't a good idea. Doing things out of kindness and making a difference to help people because if it were you or one of your family members then you would want generous people to donate and help you …show more content…
Organ donation has saved many lives. Researchers have found ways to transplant the kidneys without using drugs that can weaken the body’s ability to fight off pathogens and infections. Five patients at Massachusetts general hospital in Boston got kidney transplants from donors who did not have the same HLA proteins as them. But researchers have found ways to work around this. They can destroy the patient’s bone marrow with radiation which wipes out the T cells that attack the new organ, then they can replace it with bone marrow before attaching the new kidney. Eventually the immune system will recover and their new T cells will
There are two sources for an organ donation, from a person who has passed away and a living person. A living person who has decided to donate an organ usually donate to a family member or someone close. They donate …show more content…
Some places do not believe in donating organs or the sanctity of the human body at all due to their culture. This affects the consent for organ donation. Because of this, people think it’s better to donate while still being alive. Selling organs to the hospitals so they can earn money to support their families. Some people also think that they should be paid for donating an organ, since organ donation is basically charity. People get paid for donating blood, plasma and tissue, so the question is, why shouldn 't they not get paid for donating an organ? I think that if you were to donate an organ then you would do it because you simply care about other people who are suffering, not because you want the money. There are other ways you can earn money but putting your health on the line for it, isn 't a good idea. Doing things out of kindness and making a difference to help people because if it were you or one of your family members then you would want generous people to donate and help you …show more content…
Organ donation has saved many lives. Researchers have found ways to transplant the kidneys without using drugs that can weaken the body’s ability to fight off pathogens and infections. Five patients at Massachusetts general hospital in Boston got kidney transplants from donors who did not have the same HLA proteins as them. But researchers have found ways to work around this. They can destroy the patient’s bone marrow with radiation which wipes out the T cells that attack the new organ, then they can replace it with bone marrow before attaching the new kidney. Eventually the immune system will recover and their new T cells will