Importance of Organ Donation Essay

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    In the article, "Organ Sales Will Save Lives, by Joanne MacKay, she appeals to the readers’ emotions by raising awareness that there are thousands of people in the world that die every year due to not enough life-saving organs, specifically kidneys. End Stage Renal Disease is when the kidneys stop working and the patient must endure grueling dialysis treatments and put on the transplant list, where they wait for a very long time for a cadaver kidney donation (MacKay ##). With only these options,…

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    what kinds of evidence have you found? For my essay I have found examples of families that uses organ donation compensation as a way out of financial hardship. I also found that Iran is the only country in the world that allows organ sales. Which mean people from that country get compensated every time they donate their organs. In what way might it meet an audience's expectations? My research is based on facts. Is secondary evidence that explains different perspectives of compensation from…

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    children currently need lifesaving organ transplants.” (Donate Life 1). That staggering number is continuously on the rise because of new diseases and, simply put, because there are just not enough organ donors to keep up with the demand for saving lives. In recent years, scientists have been working on discovering how to create a perfectly matched organ for its recipient in an effort to decrease the organ rejection rate. By decreasing the rejection rate, less organs would be needed and more…

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    Liver Disease

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    The liver also produces chemicals to help with blood clotting. The liver filters food from the digestive tract and turns them into proteins and energy. On the back of the liver there is a small pocket like organ that holds fatty foods until digestion. When a person develops liver disease, the organ is not able to properly form proteins to clot the blood and process foods, which explains the common vomiting and excessive bleeding a patient may experience. Liver disease reduces the overall…

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    There are many people dying every year for diseases that need special technology to fight against them. Despite the high number of diseases, scientists have developed new inventions as an answer to keep alive millions of people. An example of those inventions there is the pacemaker, which is a device to recovery the people that have heart diseases by electrical impulses for revitalizing and regulating the heart function. In addition, the Pacemaker as an invention was thanking Australians…

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    Kidney Stone Is Wrong

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    You wince at the pain. You cry at the ache. You tremble at the torture. No, you are not pregnant (thank goodness guys!) but you are suffering from kidney stones. Did you know that women report kidney stone pain to be more torturous than childbirth? Can you say, "OUCH?" But you are suffering for NO reason! And almost one in every 20 people will develop a kidney stone sometime in their life. And if the pain is not the worst part, you can actually be part of the millions who spend thousands of…

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    A lot of organ trafficking is done through gangs who trick people in a variety of ways. Presumably, “...they [organized crime syndicates] trick the person into giving up the organ. For instance, there are cases where the so-called patient is treated for a sickness they don’t have, and the traffickers make off with the organ. Or they force the person into giving it. But oftentimes, it is a cash payout that draws people…

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    I feel that organ donation is a good thing and I would be more than happy to be registered as an organ donor. I would feel forever grateful if I were to receive a new organ from someone who decided to be a donor and I don't see any reason why not to donate your organs in the event of a fatal accident. I think that if you are dead than you aren't going to use them anyways and as long as they can be used for good to save someones life such as a cancer patient then I would hope that I could at…

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    Automatic Organ Donation Automatic Organ Donation should be mandatory. Donating organs you will be able to save lives and that will make you a true hero to that person and their family. People in every age give and receive donation in 2014 29,532 people received organ transplant. “Every 10 minutes people are being wait listed 22/79 die each day waiting for transplant. The government should make organ donation mandatory. People are dying every 10 minutes waiting on donors. As of 2014 30,032…

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    are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant in the United States according to the KatieCaples.org. How would you feel to be waiting on this long list? II. We all have the opportunity to become organ donors and should be, in order to save lives while we are no longer able to live ourselves. III. My grandma received a double-lung transplant three years ago, which ultimately saved her life. I am also an organ donor. IV. Everyone who is eligible should be an organ donor. BODY I. There is a…

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