Organs

A Plan For Organ Transplant Lists Organ transplants are a critical part in the medical field and in people’s lives. There are individuals who are depending on an organ transplant to survive. According to The United Network for Organ Sharing, there are approximately 122,000 people that are currently waiting to receive an organ (Transplant Trends). There are kids that only have weeks, days or possibly hours before they die unless they get a donated heart or other organ that helps to keep the…

by doctors, organ waiting list and organ transplantation have set people’s lives in risk for their health and cost. An average of 18 people die each day awaiting an organ transplant (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2014). Anybody that has had to wait for an organ donor knows the challenges and stress of the condition. Organ transplant surgery entail vast amounts of money or full insurance coverage and finding an eligible donor in time. Relatively, recipients that need organ…

You decide Per the (UNOS) United Network for Organ Sharing nationally there are over 122,000 people waiting for organs. (WWW.donors1.ord, n.d.) Making an important decision like one who receives a heart ready for transplant, especially when it matches more than one person high on the list is problematic. We utilize many different methods to determine who is the final recipient. This heart almost unheard of, has been confirmed to match three recipients. Several factors amongst fairness comes into…

Matters: Uncovering and Combating the Horrors of the Organ Shortage The bottom line is that there are not enough organs available for the increasing amount of people who need them. Ever since the first ever organ transplant in 1954, people have been able to give and receive the gift of life, an organ, prolonging and saving the lives of thousands of people; and, with arising medical and technological innovations such as immunosuppressive drugs, organ transplantation is conducted in over ninety…

Organ Donations Don’t Always Go To The Right Person Since the establishment of organ transplantation waitlists, transplant priorities have been based on location and severity. With the sizeable amount of research being conducted to make advances in transplantation, many are unaware how important this waiting list is—and how many people are on it. Many patients on waiting lists are in such desperate situations that they may turn to the black market to buy an organ and transplant. While medical…

Organ donation is the act of surgically removing an organ from one individual and transplanting that organ into another individual. This process is necessary because the receiving individual's particular organ has failed and in order to survive they must accept a functioning organ. Therefore, organ donation is necessary to save lives. Although, in order to have the organs available, the community must be willing to donate their organs. Overall, to greatly increase the amount of organs available,…

of human organs is a debatable topic not just amongst the citizens of the United States but in most other countries located all over the world. The motivation of criminals who commit these operations tend to surround one main contributing factor, currency. As money is the motivational factor of these operations, a good word to define such behavior is greed. Greed is amongst the seven deadly sins and is one of the main persuading factors leading to the selling and donation of human organs.…

forefront of many issues, but when it comes to organ donation, it's dead last. To solve this crisis the state is taking a younger approach. Starting Tuesday New York State teens 16- and 17-year-olds will now be allowed to become organ donors. Lawmakers are hoping this change in the law will allow the empire state to catch up with the rest of the nation, and address this public health crisis. Right now, there's nearly 10,000 New Yorkers waiting for an organ transplant. Assemblyman Phil…

Organ Donation I am for organ donation, by being an organ donor you can save many other lives. There are several facts about being an organ donor. 1) you can be of any age to be an organ donor. 2) major religions in our country support organ donations. 3) no cost to your family to be an organ donor. 4) regardless of medical history you can be a donor. Everyday about 79 people receive an organ. On the other hand about 22 people die each day waiting for an organ because of the lack of organ donors…

that has failing organs such as the kidneys or liver can begin the process of finding another one. The first successful organ transplant took place in 1954 in Boston between identical twins the Herrick brothers. One sibling received a kidney from the other this came to be known as the first transplant from a living donor. Supply and demand led to the growth of what became referred to as the black market for the organ trade and as well as human trafficking. The increase in organ harvesting…