Basis Of Organ Transplants

             There are many characteristics considered for an organ to be donated to the best matched potential recipient. For different organs there are different criteria for each. These generally include: blood type, size of the organ needed, time spent awaiting a transplant, and relative distance between donor and recipient. There a re also other factors that are relevant for certain organs which are medical urgency of the recipient, degree of immune- system between donor and recipient, and whether recipient is a child or a adult. Ethnicity, gender, religion, and financial status are not part of the matching system. .
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             3) Briefly describe the following pieces of legislation:.
             a) Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1968:.
             The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1968 (UAGA) provided the legal foundation upon which human organs and tissues could be donated for transplantation by execution of anatomical gift authorizing document. Since 1972 all 50 and the District of Columbia have adopted this Act, or a form of this Act. (www.unos.org).
             b) The revised Uniform Anatomical Gift At of 1987. (UAGA)This was drafted to help narrow the growing gap between supply and demand. (UAGA) simplifies the "document of gift" permitting organ donation and drop requirement for witness to the document. In the absence of such document, the act expands the lists of people who can act on behalf of a descendent and permit a donation.
             (www.nccusl.org/nccusl/pressrelease).
             c) National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984:.
             The National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984 (NOTA) was passed by congress in 1984. NOTA outlawed the sale of human organs and started the development of a national system for organ sharing and a scientific registry to collect and report transplant data.