Abstract
This paper takes a look at the necessity of organ donation. The paper discusses the value of the gift that the organ donor gives to the donor recipient. The paper goes on to discuss the importance of college students signing up for organ donation.

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From the Paper
"While many people think that a person can only donate organs after they die, this is not true. In 2002, one-fourth of all transplants performed in the United States were with organs donated by a living person (Gift of Life Trust Fund, 2006). A person has the ability to donate one kidney and live a normal life with the remaining healthy kidney. Also, in some situations, a portion of a liver, lung or pancreas may be donated. Blood, bone and bone marrow may also be donated by a living person. Just one pint of blood can help save four individual lives."

Tags:organ, bank, tissue, bone, marrow, blood, liver, lung, pancreas

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses that a solution proposed to the organ donor shortage is the commercialization of human body parts, and that this is a solution well worth investigation. The writer notes that in this increasingly commercial world it should come as no surprise that individuals are willing to pay for organ transplants. In fact, individuals do pay for organ transplants on a regular basis, but they do so in a manner that is currently against the law and frequently very dangerous. The writer discusses that through putting law and regulation in place individuals could receive organ transplants without leaving their own country, and donors from within the same country could receive monetary compensation for their organ donation, as well as proper medical after care. The writer concludes that if commercialized organ donation is what it will take to save lives and to prevent the exploitation of the less fortunate who are coerced into illegal and unsafe organ donation, then it should be considered a very viable solution.

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"Due to the organ crisis, there is a rampant black market for organs, especially kidneys, that sees individuals in deprived, often third-world countries selling their organs to rich Westerners. There are a number of serious and medically dangerous issues associated with this growing trend, not least of which is the unsatisfactory care provided to the donors. Individuals who donate their organs usually do so for very small amounts of money and receive substandard health care following their donation. The doctors who perform these illicit operations are the ones who benefit financially, while the individual who purchased the organ usually survives much longer, but still may not receive the best after-care due to the illegal nature of the operation. The donors often experience a decrease in livelihood and standard of living as they develop medical conditions that prevent them from participating in the manual labour force that is usually the only available employment. Regardless of restrictions and laws against these black market transactions, they continue, and will continue, and almost understandably. Being faced with a life threatening condition and having the means to remedy the situation through the wielding of power and money would be an opportunity not easily turned down by many individuals."

Tags:transplants, body, black, market, compensation

Abstract
Organ donation is removing specific tissues of the human body for transplanting or grafting into another person. Both cadavers and living persons can be donors, but both also have to fulfill certain criterion in order to eligibly donate. This paper examines how bioethics, politics and personal issues have arisen in concern of organ donation.

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"There is a waiting list for legal organs to be donated but for indeterminate lengths of time. The fear of literally dying while still waiting to be a recipient has pushed people to deal with the black market. The "black market organ donation" relies upon the ends justifying the means. This is discussed in teleological and utilitarian issues. Concern also focused on the imbalance of the trade because the market is for only those who can afford, therefore only gives chance for the well-off. The black market has been referred to as the transplant trade outside of the United States. Legalization of the international organ trade would lead to increased supply, lowering prices. Therefore the poor might be able to afford such organs as well."

Tags:bioethics, charity, living, wills

Abstract
This paper examines how organ transplantation is one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine and how it gives thousands of people another chance at life through the selflessness of others. It looks at how numerous studies have concluded that educating the population about organ donation is crucial to increase the number of donors and how, all in all, organ donation is absolutely ethical because it saves thousands of lives per year.

From the Paper
"There are currently 83,554 patients waiting for an organ transplant ("U.S. Transplantation Data" 1). Each year in the United States approximately 200,000 people die under circumstances in which organ donation could have been an option but that option was not taken. Out of these potential donors, only 20% actually donate (Siminoff & Saunders-Sturm, 245). These lost opportunities are underscored by the following statistics: Every 30 minutes a new name is added to the transplant waiting list. An average of six people per day die awaiting organ transplants. One donor can help save the lives of as many as 25 transplant patients."

Tags:moral, life, transplant

Abstract
The paper discusses why organ donation is not more popular and gives suggestions on solving the scarcity of donors by better use of education.

From the Paper
"In America, we have the choice to donate organs and save other lives. In countries like China, that choice is not permitted. Traditional beliefs say the body must be kept whole after death. What results is a vast network of crime, where the organs of executed prisoners are harvested and transplanted into wealthy patients in operations that bring Chinese hospitals tens of millions of dollars a year. Executed prisoners are the only source for transplants, and the demand is so great that occasionally the organs are removed before the patient is dead."

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This paper looks at organ donation from the point of view of what is just for the donor and beneficial to the recipient. The paper relates that it was suggested that organ donations should somehow be connected with self-interest because altruism alone is failing to meet the demand for organs. The paper also relates that compensation for organ donations has been suggested but there are ethical considerations concerned with such compensation. These ethical concerns are then discussed and the paper concludes that it is important that the public is kept informed about the ethical issues, and shall be offered an opportunity to communicate their concerns.

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"However, the availability of the cadaveric donors is expected to reduce the conditions which have caused surge in the living donations. The organ procurement system is based upon the presence of altruism, however the motivational programs which were initiated for the purpose of organ donation were not successful, therefore "altruism is a fine thing but it is in short supply", therefore it has been suggested that "we may hope for love but should plan on self-interest." It has been recommended that incentives scheme shall be launched to motivate the individuals towards donation."

Tags:cadaveric self-interest, financial compensation, moral intuitions, brain death

Abstract
Deciding to be an organ or tissue donor can potentially help several other people through life-saving transplants and tissue grafts. In the United States, organ transplants save about 63 people each day, but another 17 people on the waiting list die because not enough organs are available. This paper provides a review and discussion of the relevant literature, a personal assessment of the practice, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.

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"While many Americans report being in favor of organ donation, there are some powerful cultural and religious issues that affect organ donorship. For example, until 1982 organ donation after death was not permissible in Islamic nations. However, the highest religious authority on such matters in Saudi Arabia (and therefore throughout the Islamic world) changed this in 1982, but the tales and legends that are naturally inculcated in childhood continue, however, to influence public attitudes in most Islamic nations. For instance, the widely told story of how the Prophet's uncle Samzah was murdered by the heathen Hind, who then opened the murdered man's belly and chewed up his liver, has slowed public acceptance of liver transplantation. "

Tags:transplant

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This paper examines how the need for organs for transplantation and scientific study is constantly increasing. It also describes why it is important to explore the negative effects of the shortage of organs and how people can be persuaded to donate their organs after death. It looks at how although the percentage of potential organ donors is rising annually, new transplant procedures are widening the gap in supply and demand of organs. It evaluates how the shortage of organs can be decreased, however, if those willing to become organ donors discuss their wishes with their next of kin.

From the Paper
"The process of organ donation mainly starts at the hospital when a potential organ donor is identified. The only patients considered for organ donation are those which are pronounced brain dead. Brain death is defined as "the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem (unknown)." Brain death can occur from causes such as brain hemorrhage, asphyxiation, drowning or motor vehicle accidents, which were responsible for the deaths of 25 percent of organ donors during 1994 and 1995. In extremely rare cases, however, organs can be transplanted from donors known as non-heartbeating, in which death must be declared by traditional criteria concerning cardiac death (unknown)."

Tags:transplantation, scientific, study, death, kin

Abstract
This paper discusses the effect that race has on consent for organ donations. The paper looks at the problem of shortages of organ donors for transplants as well as the various approaches for increasing organ donations. The paper contends that no significant correlation exists between race of the requester and the potential donor and the number of organ donor consents.

From the Paper
"The following research paper explores the effects of race on organ donation Specifically, the research objective is to determine if there is a relationship between organ donor consent rates and the matching of race requester to race of potential donor families. Pearson's correlation was used to demonstrate significant relationships. It was expected that there would be a significant relationship between the variables, however the study findings did not support the study hypothesis that there is a significant correlation between..."

Tags:consent, for, organ, donation

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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)."

Tags:donor, UNOS, life