Organ trade

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…

Organ donation has been an ethical debate for a long time. Organ donation is a process of giving away your organs to another person in need by an organ transplant. An organ transplant is an operation that puts a healthy organ from your body into another person’s body. One donor can save as many as 50 people. The organs that can be donated include the internal organs like the kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines and other organs like the skin, bone, bone marrow, cornea and many tissues.…

government regulated system the risks associated with the black market would lessen. The black market has had many cases where the proper medical tests and sterilization standards were not met. This lead to many deaths of those who gave and received organs. Regarding the immorality, the line between right and wrong is a blurred one, everyone interprets it differently. Those opposed think that selling parts of the human body devalues it. “To treat them [bought and sold goods] as commodities, as…

According to organdonor.gov, every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the organ transplant list (“The Need Is…”). That’s 144 people each and every day. With the help of human cadavers, those 144 people can be helped and be given the opportunity for a more prolonged life. Mary Roach uses her book, Stiff, to inform people of the impact that their body and organs can have on so many people’s lives. Mary Roach has always had an interest in science-related topics, whether she is experiencing it…

When Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy go to find her later in the future, they find out that she was an advocate for the humane treatment of clones. • Miss Lucy: Miss Lucy was a guardian at Hailsham who tried to teach the students there about their future as organ donors, because she believed that they had a right to know about it. • Ruth: Ruth is Kathy’s best friend from the beginning, when everyone was at Hailsham. However, unlike her best friend, Ruth lies constantly, and is quite manipulative as well…

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…

understand that this person can have another chance to live. On the other hand (4), there is a possible solution to give someone another chance of living. An amazing, incredible solution (8), organ donations can change a person’s life forever. According to liveonny.com it states, “ improved quality of life; for some, an organ transplant means no longer having to be dependent on costly routine treatments to survive. It allows many recipients to return to a normal…

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…