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    called “Encourage the Golden Rule of Organ Donations, Transplant Coverage,” that provides crucial information on the significance of organ donation. In the essay, Roth incorporates his proposal, the Golden Rule, which permits health insurers to limit transplant coverage for patients who refuse to be organ donors. The legislation would require insurance companies to provide information at each policy renewal about how their policy holders can register to become organ donors. This essay was…

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    individuals who are in desperate need of an organ transplant. Many people die waiting after being on the waiting list for years. The individuals who sell their organs illegally do it for the simple fact of financial reasons. The American’s who sell their organs have not been educated of the dangers they are putting themselves in by selling their organs illegally. By these individuals doing this make it harder for others to even want to consider donating their organs to help others because they…

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    transplants in this nation. There are many possible solutions on how to best increase the donor pool so that more people can receive their life saving transplants. One of the most effective solutions would be to start offering compensation to living organ donors. Paying donors for their kidneys will assure that more ESRD patients are receiving healthy transplanted kidneys in a timely manner thus increasing quality of life and decreasing costs for the transplant patients and society. Being…

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    At first read, the author is making a point about organ donors receiving adequate compensation for the donation of one of their kidneys. The authors romanticizes the production of available kidneys to be able to reduce a backlog of around 83,000 people waiting for one, should donor s receive compensation as an incentive to give up one of their kidneys. They also point out economic savings should people have available kidneys, in lieu of the cost of keeping those waiting for a kidney on dialysis.…

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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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    Ever since Joseph Murray performed the first successful human organ transplant of a kidney in 1954 [13], organ transplantation has been a widely debated ethical issue. The allocation of scarce medical resources has been the subject of many debates encompassing but not limited to issues regarding moral worth, financial practicality, legal rights, social status and justice. As the number of people added to the transplant waiting lists increase and the number of convicts’ increase, the question…

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    you are in dire need of. Your life depends on one organ, but you are on a waiting list with thousands of people ahead of you. Every year in the United States, thousands of people die waiting to receive an organ. It is illegal to buy and sell organs in the United States, and people are so desperate for organs they turn to the black market for organs. A new process for organ transplantation is needed in the U.S. so we can increase the amount of organs we have available for people in need and…

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    presents the global issue between supply and demand in the market for organ transplants. In recent years, the demand for organ transplants has skyrocketed, while the supply of organ donors has risen at a turtle’s pace. The aging populations of many first world countries has taken a toll on the supply of available organs. The shortage of organ donors has resulted in extreme waiting list, and in more extreme cases, illegal organ-harvesting. Because of the shortage, many villains such as Michael…

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    Organ donation seems like a simple thing, but is it really? For those who don’t know what a organ donor is a organ donor is someone who donates their organs. One organ donor body can save up to 8 people with their hearts, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, liver and intestines. A organ donor can be alive if its a kidney or a sliver of their liver, if they are a match. A person can be alive but brain dead, and with consent of their family they can still be a donor. I agree with organ donation because…

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    Organ Donation Act

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    deal with the bodies which involve harvesting the organs for science and disposing the bodies. There is no single right way to take care of dead bodies, but there are limits placed to ensure that the person’s wishes are respected as well as the family. Most laws are created to make sure that there is no harm placed to society, and so the process of dealing with the dead must not cause any harm to anyone. Every state has regulations over organ donation and the disposal of remains, but a lot of…

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