Organ Donation Essay

Millions of people die every year from starvation and/or disease. We do not need wars to reduce our population any more. If people’s first instinct was to find diplomatic and peaceful solutions or compromises the world would be a happier place. Alternatives to war are better because they are peaceful, less harmful, more ethical, and they can unite people. War alternatives are much more peaceful because they don’t involve hurting other people. If countries were to have a chess match or…

There are many challenges to successful organ transplants, including matching a recipient and a donor based on matching genetic variability. It is extremely difficult to match MHC perfectly with a donor and a recipient as there are many locations where genetic differences can still cause a rejection reaction by the recipient. A familial donor is usually the closest to a perfect genetic MHC match that a recipient can find. The closer the match of genetic variability, the better the chances that…

[Hypothetical situation, Rhetorical questions]The news is not good: your heart is failing and you need a transplant, but organs are scarce and the wait is long. It is likely that your heart will wear out before a human replacement can be found. Would you consider a pig’s heart? Good Morning Madam Speaker, Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen. My Name is Dr Jasmine Lane and I am the head of the Xenotransplantation unit from The National Health and…

In order increase the number of donations, there must be more government involvement to regulate the usage of cadavers. After the shocking occurrence of cadavers getting blown up and the recent arrest of the UCLA’s director for illegally selling cadaver body parts, Michael Meyer, medical ethicist, asserts that “Congress should act to create a carefully regulated, non-profit system” to eliminate future instances like this from happening. Afterall, “the Constitution guarantees the protection of…

The process of completing a transplant of human organs from one individual to another is very complex on every level. There are many touch points or intersections where critical data, such as blood type, can be verified. Any piece of information that is not an exact match should give pause to the process until there is no doubt that all of the checks are in place to secure a viable organ and recipient are matched and successfully transplanted. Healthcare entities that practice similar…

bigger than what was expected (“A drop”). This little idiomatic phrase is essential to this problem of having some money before organ transplants; that little drop (money before) needs to multiply extravagantly to fill the bucket (cost after bills). To really go into the topic, a main matter for attention related to organ trade and sales is the cost to receive an organ and plus the hospital bill right after. A proposal to make about this is to find a way to lower that high price of the ending…

literally dying for an organ and the hospital is unable to supply you with the organ that could save your life. Would you rather suffer in pain or would you turn to the black market to live? Picture yourself in the poorest place in America and you have a perfectly functioning organ and you need to make money fast or else you will be evicted from your home, would you rather wait another few weeks to get your paycheck and risk the chance of getting evicted, or would you sell the organ? These are…

In “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna MacKay argues that the sale of humans organs, such as kidneys, should be legalized. She claims, “There are thousands of people dying to buy a kidney and thousands of people dying to sell a kidney.” She provides critical background information on the problem before delving into her main ideas. MacKay claims that donors need and deserve the money, and that buyers are unable to access the necessary organs any other way. Unfortunately, people living in…

requires an organ transplant. An organ transplant is taking an organ from another body, or one from a donor, and moving it into the body of a person that needs that certain organ. This procedure is necessary when a specific organ of the body is not doing its job correctly because it was either genetically modified wrong during birth or it has suffered damage throughout its lifespan. When people need an organ transplants there can be a long waiting list to receiving certain organs. Also if a…

Allotransplantation is a successful treatment that could take the place of xenotransplantation, but if xenotransplantation is successful it could eliminate the need for organ waiting lists (“Information on”). Xeotransplantation is very expensive, which could cost roughly 300,000 dollars per operation. Some hidden costs would be for breeding, housing, feeding, testing, and transporting waste and remains from both animals and humans. Campaign for Responsible Transplantation Health and Human…