Organ Donation and the Internet

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews the current state of organ donation and transplantation. The paper focuses on the use of the Internet to donate or procure an organ for transplantation and discusses the potential repercussions of using the Internet to solicit organ donation. The paper specifically focuses on the ethical considerations associated with procuring organs via the Internet.

Table of Contents:
Current State of Organ Transplantation
Use of Internet for Organ Donation
Ethical Issues of Internet Solicitation
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"A Colorado hospital after discovering that a scheduled transplant was the result of communication via the Internet, took the position that they would not perform any transplant that was established through commercial Internet sites until a public statement on the issue was made by a professional organization (OrganDonor.Gov, 2006). One viewpoint expressed by Wright and Campbell (2006), is that online recipients are fortunate to have found someone to donate an organ to them and this in no way affects those recipients on a waiting list that are sicker than the person receiving the organ. In fact, it actually helps the people behind them in the list as the recipient has been removed from the waiting list (Wright and Campbell)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• MatchingDonors. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2007 from http://www.matchingdonors.com/life/index.cfm?page=main&frm=about&CFID=307880&CFTOKEN=64672605
• National Kidney Foundation. (n.d.). 25 Facts About Organ Donation and Transplantation. Retrieved October 29, 2007 from http://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/fsitem.cfm?id=30
• OrganDonor.Gov. (2006). Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation. Retrieved October 27, 2007 from http://www.organdonor.gov/research/acot5_2006.htm
• Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. (2007). Retrieved November 3, 2007 from http://www.optn.org/latestData/rptData.asp
• Steinberg D. (2006). The allocation of organs donated by altruistic strangers. Annals of Internal Medicine, 145(3), 197-203. Retrieved October 27, 2007 from EBSCOhost database.

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