Organ trade

Having an organ market is not a typical thought that would cross the average person’s mind. But it’s a topic that maybe more American’s should consider. Although the topic is very controversial because some believe that it is morally wrong to sell parts of your body and many believe that selling organs will lead to more controversy than good. Currently the only legal way for a person with an organ failure to have a transplant is through donation after being put on a list. With 68,000 Americans…

in the brain or brain stem. Meaning no electrical impulses are being sent between brain cells. When a person becomes brain dead they are placed on life support. Life Support is mechanism used to maintain life after the failure of one or more vital organs. When you are on life support the patient is monitored in the…

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…

According to, The National Organ Transplantation Act there are nearly 20,000 kidneys each year for about 80,000 patients on the waiting list. In 2008, nearly 5,000 of those patients died. (Gregory 451). There are not enough kidneys for every patient to receive one. This is something I wish no one should have to deal with, but when you or a family member are in a life or death situation. You would do everything in your power to control it, but acts like the National Organ Transplantation are the…

doctors working for a terrorist group were taking organs from Serbs kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija. The bodies were dumped in an abandoned mine shaft and in a swamp (“Illegal Organ”). Recently a woman in Nepal was burned to death for attempting to steal a child intended for the organ trade. A number of children have gone missing recently in this area and police believe it is the work of organized crime groups involved with the black market organ trade (“Woman Burnt”). Also, in the…

Organ transplantation has been one of the most recognized advancement in medicine in the past century. It has provided a way of giving the gift of life to someone with a terminal failure of vital organs. It requires the participation of fellow human beings and it has brought us closer as a human race. But in the past decade, there has been an increase in failure of vital organs and an inadequate of supply of organs which has created a wide gap between organ supply and demand. It has resulted in…

In recent years there has been a discussion of the black market and its illicit organ distribution. Either by trade, sale or illegal stealing organs its effects have become widespread in from afar in foreign countries all the way to America. The effects deeply affecting so many people who give into the hype of sacrificing self or others for payoffs and the benefit do not equal to the value or accommodations which are promised. What’s happening in foreign countries affects the world and beyond…

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…

people to be in a situation where they would feel that selling their organs is the best course of action? Does it fall on the governments who do not have programs in place to help the less fortunate, so that they do not feel that donating their organs is the only option, or is it the responsivity of the administrations of the recipient countries to enforce regulations against organs arriving from other countries and against organs being obtained for profit or from outside of a recognized…

medical field, happens to be one of the facets of organ donation many confess when confronted with the decision to donate or not. Potential organ donors express fears which leads to the mistrust of the organ procurement medical…