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    Statistics claim, “Every ten minutes another name is added onto the national organ transplant waiting list” (donatelife.net). In today’s society there is an issue that is often forgotten, and that is organ donation. Many people don’t often think about this problem due to the fact of many distractions such as current events, politics, personal matters, and many more. Although there are many reasons as to why this topic isn’t brought up often, doesn’t mean it should be brushed off the shoulder…

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    Organ Donation In the United States, ninety percent of Americans are eligible of being organ donors, but only, fifty-two percent are registered.(Donate Life) The United States is in need of organ donors and people like you can help close the gap between how many people are registered and how many people are eligible. One organ donor can save up to eight people’s lives alone, while being a tissue donor can save many more. 123,000 plus men, women, and children, in the U.S., are in need of…

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    Lack of Organ Donors in the United States The need for organ donors is rapidly increasing and there are many ways to help others become aware of these issues, receive proper information on what an organ donor is, and how to become organ donors. Receiving quality information can help save multiple lives. Recognizing that having enough available organ donors for everyone is vital, people should be able to put themselves in the same position organ recipients are in and think that it could be them…

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    buying and selling of organs as he praised the act of freely and gratuitously donating parts of one’s own body” (Pope Warns of the Dangers of Selling Human Organs). As a catholic, it is important that organs should not be up for sale but be donated willingly. However, most Catholics are less likely to donate because of the view on afterlife and the worry about preserving body integrity. Organ transplants are necessary for many people around the world; yet, the amount of donations are not even…

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    The Gift of Life Organ donations offer the gift of life, but there are challenges waiting for the organ, rejection of the organ, shortage of organs, and financial status can impact an individual’s position to receive an organ. There is two types of donors living and deceased. When deceased individuals can donate their whole body, even if individual’s endured health challenges such as; diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. However, donating organs or even donating an entire body can…

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    Organ Donation Case Study

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    The shortage of organs available for transplants and the increase of kidney failure has created an epidemic of patients on dialysis who await a donor. As the current program of unpaid voluntary donors in North America is not adequate, many urge that compensation for organ donation could be a legitimate solution. The demand for a realistic resolution in organ transactions raises concerns on the breach of human integrity. This paper will explore the ethical dilemma of selling organs as commodities…

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    Saving Lives: One Organ at a Time Presently, there are over one hundred thousand individuals waiting for a vital organ transplant on the national waiting list. And according to the LifeCenter Organ Donor Network, a new name is added to that list every ten minutes. Unfortunately, society has fabricated many myths about organ donation, causing a myriad of potential organ donors to change their view on the concept. But the need for organ donors continues to rise with every day that passes.…

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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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    Organ donations stimulate positivity for the terminally ill despite all the challenges that has arisen from prior casual events. Through the correlation of persevering the gift of life to extend one’s life duration period the organ shortage supply chain may not contribute much less withstands for unethical practice. The transplantation industry process may encounter various undergoes for the supply of organ before having a divine outcome. Organ shortages have become a problem for the…

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    patients waiting each year for a kidney, (Giron, 2013). According to Jahromi, that is just a kidney, not including the heart, lungs, liver and many other organs needed (Jahromi, 2015). The waiting list increases every year, causing a dramatic shortage of organs. With Jahromi intention, he states that it leads to an increase in the black market organs, (Jahromi, 2015). Imagine having to wait for the rest of one’s life relying on another person to save another life. It is not fair for those who…

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