...|JOB TITLE: Humanitarian Funding Officer | |DIVISION / DEPARTMENT / LOCATION: Islamabad Pakistan |JOB FAMILY: Funding | |SALARY: PKR 854,002/- Gross Per Annum |LEVEL: D2 | | |DURATION: Fixed Term | |OXFAM PURPOSE: | |To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering. | | | |TEAM PURPOSE: | |The Oxfam GB Program in Pakistan is working in humanitarian and development context. The Funding Team works closely with, and supports, | |programme and finance teams to ensure good grants and donor management. | | ...
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...Organ Donation and its Impact on HIM and Documentation Kathleen Gallagher Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on November 25, 2012, for Kathleen M. Gallagher’s M243/HIM2410 Health Information Law and Ethics course. Organ Donation and its Impact on HIM and Documentation Health information professionals provide many basic and supporting functions that are critical in health care. One of the major job requirements is the professional’s responsibility for the patients’ legal record. The American Health Information Management Association and the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set guidelines for ensuring the quality, integrity, privacy, and security of a patient’s Protected Health Information. Health Information Management (HIM) professionals must have an ethical character, and be responsible for overseeing adequate and accurate health records. Organ and tissue donation and trans-plantation is an area of bioethics that has regulations to guide the HIM professional in making sure the legal health record in complete. Understanding the HIPAA privacy rules and regulations for organ and tissue transplantation will help the HIM professional when needing to receive or disclose health information. These laws are set in order to protect physicians, patients, families, as well as the health care facility. Principles of ethical decision making have an impact on choices patients and their families make regarding this...
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...impatiently wait for that one organ you and your body are depending on to survive. Many people face this struggle every day. These people are waiting on a list for their perfect match… the perfect person to be their organ donor. An organ donor is a person who has an organ, or several organs, removed in ordered to be transplanted into another person. Imagine that one of your loved ones are in the hospital… they’re very sick and you don’t know what is wrong. The doctor comes in and tells you that your loved one is having kidney failure and they will die unless they can get a transplant. There are over 101,000 other people on a waiting list for an organ and over 55,000 on the list for a kidney. Wouldn’t you give them a kidney if you could? How would you feel knowing that if they couldn’t get that kidney they would die? It hurts losing somebody you care about, and if it hasn’t happened to you yet, then you are one of the more lucky people in the world. If you become an organ donor you can help out these struggling people and their families. You don’t need any of your organs once you die, so why not give away what you can to help? Wouldn’t you want to be helped? By donating your organs, you are losing nothing. However you will die knowing that you saved somebody else’s life, which is one of the most heroic things you could possibly do. People all over the country need organ transplants. The problem is, is that there are a lack of organ donors who make organ transplants possible. The...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death. Introduction: Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Body: * Main Point 1- What organ donation is and how it works 1. Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from one person for transplantation into another. Organs you can donate...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am here to share with you my views on organ donation, in the hope that you will take them on board and give someone the ultimate gift after you have left this earth the gift of life. Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you...
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...Health Care Market and Organ Donation The writer will explain in the following paragraphs how the lack of resources affects the organ donation market, and the choices some stakeholders have to make. The writer will also describe economics flows that affect the health care market. The reader will learn what are some causes of change in supply and demand, and how the change affects the equilibrium price and quantity. The writer will also present if the pricing decisions for this market is elastic or inelastic, and how does that affect the decisions. Lack of Resources The market on health care for organ donation is very interesting at the moment because of the vital part physicians and hospitals play in providing health care, it is imperative to think if incentives would manipulate their decisions concerning organ donations for recipients. The scarcity of resources significantly influences this market because it is reliant upon donors and extremely specific to a match to be triumphant. The topic of organ transplant has a particular interest to the writer because her husband of 20 years was told 13 years ago he eventually needs to have a heart transplant. The writer ask if he could be put on the waiting list for a donor and was told it was not possible because he needed to wait for his heart to be worst than what it was; it was only working 19% and basically to be put on the list he must have been about to die to put him on the list, plus have some type of medical coverage. Once...
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...Should Organ Market be legalized? Many people die each year while waiting on the list for an organ. The National Organ Transplant Act was founded to address the organ donation shortage and improve the organ matching. The National Organ Transplant Act is responsible for the placement process and the managing of the waitlist. But in title three section one of the National Organ Transplant Act the federal government bans the buying and selling of organs in the United States. The growth in population and the decrease in organ donation has resulted in organs deficit. There is a growing supply and demand gap in the United States. The non-legalization of organ markets goes against the concept of choice and individual rights which is part of the foundation of the United States. The body is a private property and people should have the right to do as they please with their body. By having an organ market there will be many economic and personal benefits. Some arguments that are proposed by people against the organ market are that the legalization of the sale of human organs would create a black market. A black market that might increase crime in the illegal pursuit of organs. It is also believed that organ market will result in many negative externalities; a negative externality is a cost that is suffered by a third party that was not included in the original plans. An example of a negative externality that would arise from the legalization of organ market would be an increasing child...
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...sees this as a potential option, this system is illegal in the United States and many other countries around the world. Five to ten percent of all organ transplants are obtained through an organ trade (“Is It Ever Right” 36). Organ trade is also known as organ trafficking. To better understand organ trafficking, it’s best to know what it is, to what extent it occurs, and what consequences there are for traffickers, victims, and recipients. In order to know more about this concept, it is important to know the definition of organ trafficking: Organ trafficking entails the recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power, of a position of vulnerability, of giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation by the removal of organs, tissues, or cells for transplantation. (Budiani-Saberi and Delmonico 925) This definition captures the amount of exploitation used in soliciting a donor in an illegal organ trade (Budiani and Delmonico 926). The exploitation can bring up many ethical and health concerns surrounding the trafficking of human organs. “There is a global shortage of organs for transplants” (“Is It Ever Right” 36)....
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...Organ Donation How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really need? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? As we know Organ donation is a topic that is getting more and more common nowadays, so first it’s important to know what organ donation is about: According to the U.S Department of Health & Human Services Organ donation is the surgical process of providing one or more organs to be used for transplantation into another person. Organ donors can be deceased or living. There exists different type of organ donors. Some of them can be deceased or living. Deceased donors can provide six types of organs: kidney, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, and intestines. Deceased donors also can provide tissues (such as bones, skin, heart valves and veins) and corneas and Living donors can provide a kidney or a portion of the liver, lung or intestine, and in some instances, eyes and tissues. In 1954, Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant, since then they had been a lot of successfully organ transplants all over the world. Organ donation is more than just giving an organ is giving the other person another chance to live. It’s important to know the need of becoming and organ donor and some important points that consider are: According to a survey that we realized in class nowadays, It is important to know that 61% of the people think organ and tissue donation are very important but also there is a minimum percent...
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...------------------------------------------------- Reasons to be an Organ Donor Nina Boswell/2A There are many reasons to become an organ donor. I will tell you three that I think are most important. Organ donors can save many lives. There is an organ shortage. You can give hope to those who need organs. Save lives Donating your organs you can save up to eight lives. You can give your tissue and organs to those who need it most. Hundreds of people are saved by people who choose to be an organ donor. When you die you have no need for your organs as they just go to waste so why not give them to someone who desperately needs them. Help save lives that have a chance to live. Give Hope When your organs are donated you give hope to the people who you give your donations to. They are very grateful that they may live on and have a new life to live to their fullest. They become a part of your family. Hope is what everyone needs while they wait on the appropriate organs for their needs. Although you may not have your organs another does and you give a second chance to those who never had a first. Organ Shortage There are thousands of people waiting to receive new organs but only hundreds get what they need. By donating you help with that shortage. You help give people what they need to live. About thirteen people are added to the waiting list and over eighteen die waiting for their organs. Help them get what they need. You could be the one to save many...
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...commercialization of organ transplants have been a subject of ethical debate amongst healthcare professionals, ethicists and economists alike. There have been arguments made for and against the sale of organs. This paper will examine the ethical arguments associated with purchasing organs and determine whether it is ethical to do so. Arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants Supporters of the commercialization of organ transplants argue that it could effectively assist in greatly reducing the organ donor waiting lists. Kidneys, for example has a waiting list of 99,201 people in the United States (kidney.org, 2014). Some supporters, such as Julio J Elias, an economist at the State University of New York, Buffalo believes that marketing organs can work, it is less a matter of morals than it is a matter of social cost (Ireland, 2008). He believes that once society sees the benefits of commercializing transplants, they will no longer view it as unethical. Arguers against the commercialization of organ transplants believe that the sale of organs will ultimately prompt the exploitation of the poor. In a bulletin of the World Health Organization, it states that the neediest in poorer countries are often exploited by countries with a thriving market for organs (Garwood, 2007). Arguers worry that by commercializing transplants, it will cause a mass decent on those poor countries for the willing, yet uninformed, agreeing to sell their organs. My position...
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...hospital to find an organ donor for him. It took only two days for the Baylor Medical Center’s transplant team to find an organ donor for the 63-year-old former baseball hero. According to the Southwest Organ Bank, Mantle was moved ahead of others on the list because of his deteriorating medical condition. But, many people believe that he was moved to the top of the list because he was a celebrity. Others suggested that since Mantle had overcome immense obstacles in the past, they argued that the medical system should provide exceptions for heroes. Another issue with moving him to the top of the transplant list were his medical problems. Mickey Mantle was a recovering alcoholic which complicated the ethical implications of the case. Doctors estimated that he only had about a 60 percent chance for a three year survival, whereas usual liver transplant patients typically have about a 78 percent chance for a three year survival rate. There were many mixed feelings on the decision to move him to the top of the transplant list over others who had been waiting for a long time. In my personal opinion I am on the fence on whether or not the system should make exceptions for real heroes. On the one hand I believe that it is completely unfair to the people who go through the proper channels and are forced to wait the set amount of time before actually receiving a transplant. There are also many patients who die waiting on the transplant list to receive an organ,...
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...The doctors have told Stokes’ mother that to survive; he will need surgery (Landau). Dilated cardiomyopathy can be treated with prior medications and devices ‘such as pacemakers’ before a transplant is considered (Schneider). Transplants are last resort treatments which means all options should be considered before a decision regardless of age, race, or survival rate. Not only can Anthony conditions be treated with other medications, but he has gone through extensive criteria before being denied a transplant. Every organ transplant patient is required to complete a psychosocial evaluation to see if a patient will follow the strict medical regimen (Landau). Transplants are complicated and risky surgeries, meaning the requirements for potential criteria are extensive. Risk factors such as “age, economic status, history of compliance, and significant support’ are underlying factors that help determines the patient’s creditability (Bishop). The demand for new organs is more significant than the supply, meaning doctors must give priority to terminally ill patients and the one who benefits the most (Schneider). Weeding out patients who are honest regarding their illness is hard because “patients tend to tell health providers that they believe health providers want to hear” (Bishop). Anthony Stokes received a denial was not because they did not want to give one to him; he simply did not meet all the requirements of a donor recipient. In addition to prior medication and the denial...
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...of donating organs. The proposed legislation could also end up alienating families who have decided to donate life saving organs regardless of any compensation. Many may think that offering economic benefits, wether directly or indirectly in exchange for organ donations or assigning monetary value to the human body, or body parts, is inconsistent with our values as a society. The proposed legislation could also promote suicidal behavior in people who are in need of monetary help or want to help out their family and loved ones. By offering financial incentives, there could be an increase in crimes such as organ stealing and possibly murder for receiving money for the stolen organ. These are the few issues that this proposed legislation raises. Even though the proposed legislation raises the above mentioned issues, I would still support the the bill. Providing financial incentives for organ donation might seem like it diminishes human dignity, however, it could be something worth looking into. In the normal world, people are naturally resistant to things they are not familiar with or cannot relate to. Economic incentives might force them to rethink their options about organ donation. The proposed legislation may not deter people who believe it is wrong but, it will cause a large population to consider organ donation as an option. This could lead to many more organ donations. The member of the U.S House of Representatives had mentioned that, per ten thousand organ donors, there...
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...are added to the national transplant waiting list and 17 people die unnecessarily simply because the organ they need is not available. This is a crisis and it has a cure. Almost everyone has the power to save their live, including you and me. Imagine that for the past 5 years you have been to hospital 3 times a week for dialysis, the only thing can help you at this point is a new kidney, because the dialysis is not a lifetime solution. Think about how frustrating and anxious you might be to live a life waiting for a organ transplant that could be much more easily if a great amount of people donate it. After a transplant of a vital organ, the average survival rate is over 80%. A massive increase from the 20% that would live without the surgery. With medical breakthroughs, and a organ and tissue donation, you can help save the live of many people all over the world. One person who donates organs (hearts, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines) can save up to ten lives, while a tissue donor (corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, tendons, veins, etc.) can improve 12 or more lives by restoring eyesight, helping fight infections in burn patients and preventing the loss of mobility and disability. When asked if they would like to become organ donors, many people ask themselves "Why should I donate my organs? What are the benefits? " For many people the topic of organ donation can be a touchy one. Many people have religious beliefs against the practice, or apply...
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