The primary ethical dilemmas surrounding organ transplantation arise from the shortage of available organs. In effect, there are now more strategies than one by which the medical world acquires or procures organs for medical transplantation. In fact, the classification of donation may have different systems. Primarily, the types of donors are based on the following criteria: if the donor is dead, brain-dead or alive; if the donor has given his/her consent for procurement, or the donation is indirectly consented, or not consented; and, if the donor is compensated for the donation or uncompensated.
These classifications are actually the real sources of questions and disputes. In the case of the "amount of life" available in the donating person, we may question if it is proper for a living person to take a part of him or her and give it to another person, diminishing the donor's quality of life (such as in its scientific or medical essence) along the process. Given that the donor is dead, we may still inquire the characteristic of a truly "dead" man, for even clinical research works cannot pinpoint the actual "instance" of a person when the death of a person happens (i.e. does it happen when the heart and lungs stop, when the entire brain ceases to have activity, or just when the cognitive and rational functions, also known as "higher faculties" stop?). And even if we established the death of the donor altogether, we may still ask if we are harming the person's dignity in any way by defacing the body and not leaving it to its natural state. Hardest case of all is that of "brain dead" donors-donors that are claimed to be incapable statistically of being able to recover fully. As a general observation seen in many instances around the world, such medical findings of brain dead patients are unreliable: many brain dead or comatose patients are capable of reverting back to their original state, given time.
People against organ donation would be a main reader of this essay. ... In the science world organ donations is a fairly new topic. ... Organ donation is also possible while you are still alive. ... Tissue is another form of organ donation that saves just as many lives. ... Childress is a theologist mainly concerned with biomedical ethics. ...
Like most countries, the United States faces a shortage of organ donors, and the need for donation continues to exceed the number of organs available for transplant. ... However, incentivized donation could actually have the opposite effect. ... As explained in the Journal of Medical Ethics "Allowing kidney sale would pose fundamental challenges to professional medical ethics and doctor-patient relationships" (Erin and Harris). ... Organ donation after death is the only practicable solution for heart, lung, pancreas, intestine, composite tissue and most liver recipients. ... We can h...
Organ Donation One of the most important decisions you can make is to become an organ donor or tissue donor. ... Thousands of successful organ/tissue donations and transplants take place each year. ... One is the non-living donations, which are the organs and tissues donated by individuals at the time of the death. ... Organ donation and transplantation improves the quality of life. ... Mark Siegler, director of the Macheam Medical Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. ...
Another question floating around is the receiving of financial incentives for donations of organs. ... Kaserman asks and efficiently yet not convincingly addresses his viewpoint of pro-organ donation in his article, "Organ Shortage: Should The United Stated use financial incentives to increase organ donations?" ... First off, the author informs the reader about the controversy behind organ donation and the use of incentives to reward donation. ... He indicates the benefits of organ donation and the speculations of the effects of monetary compensation for the act of donation. ... He also menti...
Organ donation shortage should be a concern of every American. ... Lives are being lost that through increased donation of organs could easily be saved. ... European countries, such as France and Belgium, have had a system of organ donation like this. ... One argument is that the thought of donation of organs is not the first thought on a patient's mind when they are sick and even when they are healthy. ... This then raises the issue of ethics in the practices of the tissue banks. ...
Who makes the money on the donations right now? ... There is a continuing global shortage of organs, plus the long waiting list for organ transplants. ... Satel talks about even in countries with much better records of deceased organ donations the shortfalls are dramatic. ... First, people have the right to self-govern and make their own decisions about morality and ethics, because it's their own body. ... It's suggested that donations might decline when financial incentives are introduced. ...
The Ethics of Organ Selling Do you ever think about having a garage sale? ... The incentive for organ donation after death would be much higher if people knew their families would receive a payment. Lots of people probably consider organ donation but feel a little weird about it or never get around to signing the card. One objection might be that with organs for sale, only the wealthy could obtain the organs. ... One could ask "Won't organ selling draw down-and-outs with lower quality organs?" ...
Organ sales should not be legalized because compensation for organs will become a higher priority than the health and ethics of the procedure. ... With the current donation program it doesn't matter what social class you"re in, it only matters how high the need of the patient is. ... As the topic of organ selling rises in the public eye the issues of ethics need to be kept in mind. ... The concept of organ selling appears to be a rather easy incentive for people to sacrifice their organs, but after analyzing the ethics involved it is obvious that organ sales should never be legalized. ...
Discuss organ donations, abortion, and lastly the discussion about terminating life support. ... Medical ethics is one of the most important issues regarding quality patient care. ... Issues could arise regarding the affordability, advance directives, euthanasia; organ donations, or new drugs that haven't been approved by the FDA to date. ... Experts deny putting price tags on human organs. ... There is a concern of being on life support if you are an organ donor, when are you legally dead so they can utilize your organs? ...