Importance of Organ Donation Essay

Donations of Human Organs Organ donations for people that are in need are on a downward slope. According to the Rhode Island Medical Journal, there are approximately one hundred twenty-two thousand, six hundred and twenty-five organ recipients currently on the waiting list to receive organs. It has been said that around twenty-two people have died each day waiting for donated organs so they can continue to live (Ahmad, & Iftikhar, 2016). There are very few programs being discussed here in the…

Do you hate waiting for something you really, really want? Well, so do hundreds of thousands of people, but instead they’re waiting for organs. Unfortunately they can’t wait forever, and 18 people die each day waiting, but that can change. According to the article, “Donor Stories”, by Robin, a mother in Tennessee telling about her 15 year old son Blake. As Mother’s Day draws near, I feel a sense of dread coming over me. May 13, 2001 will be 2 years since the death of my youngest son, Blake. On…

Organ donation has grown more popular over recent years with its latest modern technology and people driven with the hope that they will save someone’s life with their viable organs. Although there is more awareness of organ donations and its benefits, the fact is that in the United States an average of 21 people die each day from not receiving the organs on time or at all (Donate Life America, 2016) . In an effort to aid the people in these extensive waiting lists, the proposal of mandatory…

for underclassmen, interested in science, focused on the importance of organ donation. My class paired with an organization known as the Gift of Life which is a life saving program created to help families waiting for organ donations while at the same time support families who have made the decision to be organ donators. This program informed us on the organ donation process, the myths, and the need for people to make the decision to put organ donor on their license. With the information given…

Organ Transplants By: Ashleigh Scalf Some people over the years have always had different views on organ transplants. Either they are ethical and this procedure saves lives, or it's wrong and is killing people, and the doctors make rash decisions when it comes to a patient and a donor. Imagine the feeling of knowing that you saved someone's life. Thousands of people are waiting for the perfect match to arrive so they can live a happy, Healthy, and normal life outside of a hospital. Organ…

In Joanna Mackay’s essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, she expresses her ideas towards making it legal to sell and buy organs. Mackay explains that the regulation of organ sales could save thousands of lives annually. I believe that there are many moral issues associated with her point of view. Ethically, I do not think people should be able to buy an organ from another person. End-stage renal disease is very common among Americans. There are waiting lists miles long of people who are waiting…

When a loved one dies, there are many things that can be done with the body. There is the choice of embalmment for a funeral, cremation, organ donation, or donating the body to science. It is apparent what happens when the body is embalmed, cremated, or the organs are donated to save a life, but there are endless possibilities for what happens to a body donated to science. So, what exactly happens when someone’s body is used to further scientific research? This question is exactly what Mary…

Organ allocation involves ethical decision-making. When making an ethical decision all biases and individuality must be withheld from criteria to make a decision that is objective. The process can be very challenging for individuals with the responsibility of making those decisions. Every effort must be made to uphold the ethical principles set by the ethics board. The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical decision-making process of organ allocation and give the reader an insight…

his extremely busy schedule to sit down and talk with me. To my dismay, I received numerous calls from his assistant informing me that Dr. Bremner had to cancel last minute. Each cancellation was due to the fact that surgeries were running late, or organs had become available for transplant. These were all valid reasons to cancel, but a wave of disappointment overcame me with each cancellation phone call. I began to doubt that I would ever meet Dr. Bremner. However, Dr. Bremner was persistent in…

of organ sales has become an on-going saga as many wage wars over moral and ethical values while the need for organs continues to grow out of control. According to the National Kidney Foundation (2015), there 101,662 recipients awaiting kidney transplants in the United States and in 2014, there were 17,105 transplants that took place. These numbers are an excellent reflection of a worldwide issue as the number of waiting recipients only increases as both population and other lifesaving organs…