Whole-body transplant

Imagine waking up one morning with severe pain in your chest, resulting in an ER visit because the pain is unbearable. The results from your doctor explains that you have a heart condition that requires you to get a heart transplant in the next three months, or heart failure will occur. Two and half months have passed, you are laying there, IV in hand, and the hum of machines around you, as you watch your health slowly slip away in front of your eyes, as that dreaded three month mark approaches.…

another person's life by donating an organ to those in need, claiming that they had a choice, so they are entitled to tribute, or reward, for making the right decision! Organ donation is “the process of removing tissues along with organs from a human body for the purposes of transplanting” which, in many countries, the patients are expected to pay for. The sale of human organs should be illegal because the system for distributing organs doesn’t allow equal opportunities for all people. The…

comprehend the needed reform and readjusting of the way organ donation occurs. In the article it starts off with the fact that in the status quo currently there are thousands of Americans alone waiting for necessary and life saving organ transplants, and for some the transplant never occurs, due to a lack of organs, leaving many people to succumb to death. The article goes onto explain that the reason for these shortages is the fact that their is no legal market for for human organs. Currently…

That act of kindness could improve thousands of people’s lives, and offer people a more hopeful future. Another wide spread problem is the criteria for whom is receiving organs first. According to the Center for Bioethics, “ Organs are distributed based on length of time waiting, and age” (Ethics of Transplantation, 2004). Thus, the longer a person has been waiting, the sooner he or she is to receive an organ. Additionally, a younger person is prioritized to receive an organ before an older…

is “Living with a heart transplant.” The study was designed to understand and gain deeper insight into the lived experience of Iranian heart transplant recipients. The main research question in this study is “what is the meaning of living with a transplanted heart”? Having a heart problem can be devastating for anyone. However, there is treatment available ((Peyrovi, Raiesdana, & Mehrdad, 2014). It is reported that the total number of patients receiving heart transplant likely exceeds 5,000…

Countries that currently have an opt-out organ donation policy, have been successful in increasing the number of available organs for transplanting. One reason that the opt-out organ donation policy works is based on the views of the people. For instance, in countries that have on opt-out system it is extraordinary to not donate one’s organs. Where on the other hand, in an opt-in system is is believed to be out of place to donate one’s organs (Rippon 350). This is because people look at what the…

Samantha Bailey 25 April 2016 Bioethics; Dr. Sarah Roe Deontological Duty to “Altruistic” Blood Donation I. Titmuss’ argument for completely voluntary blood donation In a global economy where paid donors of human blood are exploited and buyers of blood make significant profit, Richard Titmuss argues in his article “Why Give to Strangers?” that not only is altruistic blood donation morally significant, but beneficial for the good of man kind. In this article, Titmuss draws a contrast between…

instance, this article made me think more about the definition of death, but I still believe that it would be best if my organs were harvested before cardiac death if I was ever to become a PVS patient. Some could argue that the inaction of doctors to transplant my organs while still "alive" in spite of my consent would be an assault on my autonomy and my will to benefit others. Would it truly be a situation where doctors do no harm if they have robbed me of my last good…

them. “The easy answer to this would be yes but thousands of people are dying every year because there just is not enough organs to be transplanted” (Donate Life California). There are hundreds of thousands of people in need of life-saving organ transplants, but the waiting list is so long, that human organ sales should be legal. This has the potential to allow patients to look for organs of a similar match, potentially saving their lives in a much shorter amount of time with an overall…

Nutrition Nutrition following lung transplantation is very important to patient healing. After transplant the patient should initially focus on consuming a high protein high calorie diet to promote healing. Foods high in protein like meat, eggs and pasteurized dairy products. Lung transplantation patients are on immunosuppression therapy so they are at a greater susceptibility for infection. These patients should not eat undercooked meats like sushi and they should eat red meat well done. Raw…