...English 101 17 September 2012 Life as we know it: The Importance of Organ Donation William James, an American psychologist and philosopher, once said, “The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” November 21, 2010 stated out excellent, but then was turned upside down. My uncle was trying to get a hold of my mom and dad, when he finally called me to tell me that my grandpa, my dad’s father, had died that morning from having a heart attack in his car while he was at the farmer’s market. “What?” I questioned him, “What are you talking about, I just talked to him last week!” There was no time to think, I immediately started to cry, as if my whole world just came crashing down. I kept thinking to myself, how am I going to tell my dad that his father just died. Since my grandparents lived in Florida at the time, my family packed our bags and headed down there for the memorial service. Crying every night, I was confused, heartbroken, and mourning the loss of the first close family member that suddenly dies. When we arrived in Florida, my dad’s four brothers were there, along with his two sisters, and their children while we attended the funeral, supporting one another. Although my grandpa was cremated, all of his organs and skin were donated to help people in need or for research, as he had a skin disease. When my grandma told me that he had helped many people because he donated his organs, I surprisingly felt a little bit of satisfaction that something...
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...Organ donation is the act of donating an organ by a person so that it can be transplanted by surgical procedure in the body of the recipient. Organ donation can benefit the recipient largely by improving health, quality and span of his life and even save him from death or other critical conditions like paralysis. Organ Donation Image Source: deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/300/0/0/organ_donation_ad_by_kirasepith-d31mxin.jpg Any person above the age of 18 is eligible to become a donor irrespective of the background. Even younger population under 18 can donate with permission from parent or guardian. The most surprising fact about organ donation is that some organs can be donated even when a person is alive. Most organs are however transplanted only after the donor is dead. By getting registered as a donor with some trust, one gets a donor card which makes him/her eligible for donation soon after his/her death. A single donor’s body can save up to 50 people. Age is not a constraint, which means that people aged 70 or 80 also can become successful donors. There is no dearth of people who need critical organs like kidney, lungs, liver or heart which has malfunctioned in their body due to critical disease or may be congenitally underdeveloped in their bodies. Not just organs but tissues can also be donated. Kidneys, lungs, pancreas, heart, small bowel and liver are chief organs that are donated for transplantation. Similarly the tissues of cornea, bone, skin, tendons, cartilage...
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...medicine and Christian ethics. On the surface, this practice seems to be unselfish and kind-hearted, with the idea of sacrificing oneself to help another. To that point, 90% of Americans support organ donation. ("Statistics," 2013) When viewed from a Christian perspective, however, many complex issues arise. The following paper will describe these issues and where their complexity lies, what Scripture has to say on the issue, and how a Christian health professional should deal with them. Two major issues with this seemingly virtuous practice is the difficulty in differentiating between replaceable tissues and solid organs. Replaceable tissues, such as blood and bone marrow, can easily be given by a live donor, while organs can only be harvested once the donor is deceased, which brings about the debate about the criteria for determining death. Another major issue involves the question of who should give consent, and how to fairly allocate where these organs go. From a Christian perspective, however, a multitude of more critical Biblical issues are present. The first of these has to do with the Principle of Totality, which is to say that each part of the human body has a function and should not be removed. This principle does allow for transplantation, however, provided that the donation of the organ would preserve the life of another person. This issue is not directly addressed in Scripture, but certain Biblical principles must be applied to come to a conclusion. On one front, 1 Corinthians...
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...Why should someone donate their body to science, subjecting themselves to potential dissections or car crashes and so much more? What purpose is there to willingly allow one’s body to be disrespected? Those are potential questions one against body donations might pose, but I argue differently. Upon death, the cadaver is no longer the person once inhabiting the body. Experimenting or dissecting the cadaver for the betterment of mankind will not hurt them in any way and is not a sign of disrespect towards the person. If I did not qualify for organ donation, I personally would donate my body to science in order to better mankind, as my cadaver otherwise would have no purpose and as I do not perceive a cadaver as the person it once was. A dead, non-motile body has only a few options: rotting in the ground, lying uselessly in ashes in an urn, other methods of burial or...
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... Background Brain death was first described in the 1950s by two French physicians, Mollart and Goulon, who termed it as “coma depasse,” a state beyond coma and differentiated it from “coma prolonged,” a continual vegetative state (Ganapathi 10). The Harvard Ad Hoc Committee later reported two definitions of death: the “traditional” cardio-pulmonary death and “brain death” (Lock 138). In 1981, the Report of the Medical Consultants on the Diagnosis of Death to the US President's Commission reevaluated death, advocating that the diagnosis of brain death should not be distinguished from the death of “the organism as a whole” (Death, dying and donation 9). Over the years, medical personnel have come to view brain death as the death of the brain stem, and diagnose it by examining the function of nerves that originate in the brain stem (Death, dying and donation 10). Further, there is no “golden rule” regarding confirmatory and clinical tests on brain dead patients, but tests such as electroencephalogram (EEG), cerebral...
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...Dead Body Donation: “Awareness to overcome shortcomings” Saima Mushtaq,Ms Hua chuntai, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, China ABSTRACT Dead body donation is useful for medical research, education and also beneficial of needy (injured/diseased) living persons. In medical educational sector, usually medical students study anatomy, which deals with the study of composition of human body. Understanding of human anatomy requires indepth knowledge about human body organs, tissues, cells, which requires teaching based on cadaver dissection. Cadavers and donated bodies remain a principal teaching tool for anatomists and medical educators teaching gross anatomy. Hands on experience on dead body helps learn various medical concepts and nature of human body. There is ever increasing demand of cadavers for anatomy dissection. Apart from educational uses, dead body donation may also include specific organ donations which could be required for saving life of severaly injured or diseased living beings as well. Even then people are reluctant to donate their bodies after death due to various reasons. This research is made in order to know these factors which results in opposition to dead body donation. Study also suggests ways to actually increase awareness in our society about dead body donation. In this study report we present a survey (attached in Annex- A) regarding potential whole-body donors in china. 100 random people (age range 18-75 years) answered a questionnaire,...
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...Nowsdays, organ donation is a great concern. Organ transplantation is medical procedures are come to agreement between not only doctor and patient but also relations a third person-the organ donor. There are two ways of donation: after death and living donation. Organs and tissues that can be transplanted are heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and eye tissue, heart valves, skin and bone tissue. Besides, blood, cord blood, bone marrow and kidney, which can be performed by a living donor. Some people think mandatory law is necessary because that can help people and reduce of black market, where sales illegal organs. However, some other ones disapprove that because of their rights be violated and their families want to keep the body completely. Both sides of this complex issue will be discussed in this essay. The most important reason of donation organs after die is that can help many people, even if maybe can save or improve their life. In 2013, 34 deceased South Australians donors, who contribute to the Australia wide total of 319 whose generosity benefited 1122 recipients, which means one donor can help not only one person but also several people. According to the Australia Advertise news, there are 1500 people are on Australian organ transplant waiting lists at any one time. Moreover, people have some milestone in transplantation. For examples, the first successful kidney transplant from a deceased donor at Queen Elizabeth hospital, Adelaide, Australia in 1985 and first...
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...organ donor can save lives and improve the quality of life of recipients. Receiving a needed organ facilitates a restoration of physiological functioning and often means the difference between life and death. Many people have misconceptions regarding organ donation and simply do not understand the facts. Some do not realize the vast numbers on waiting lists and how simply becoming a donor could save the life of another. Others may be apprehensive about making a decision about their bodies after death. In this paper we explain the origins and history of organ donation, the process by which organs are donated, the ethical implications behind organ donation and discuss many of the proposed solutions to solve the organ shortage issue. HISTORY OF ORGAN DONATION The origins of organ donation arose with several experimental transplants. The first successful transplant was a bone transplant in 1878, which used a bone from a cadaver. (14) Experimentally, bone marrow transplants began by giving patients bone marrow orally after meals to cure leukemia. This had no effect, but later when they used intravenous injections to treat aplastic anemia, there was some effect (14). One development that largely aided organ donation was the discovery of blood groups in the early 20th century. The first recorded kidney transplant was in 1909 and was a rabbit kidney inserted into a child suffering from kidney failure. The child died after two weeks (8). The first human to human kidney transplantation...
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...663 people waiting for an organ. Approximately 80 people receive organ transplants each day. Unfortunately, 18 people die every day waiting for an organ. One donor can save up to 8 lives and enhance many others with tissue and blood donations. Patients can wait for months, even years on the waiting list, before they either get a transplant or they die waiting. One donor can save up to 8 lives and enhance many others with tissue and blood donations. Patients can wait for months, even years on the waiting list, before they either get a transplant or they die waiting The definition of organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or deceased person to a living recipient in need of a transplant. The organs of the body that can be transplanted currently are kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, and the intestines. Kidney/pancreas transplants, heart/lung transplants and other combined organ transplants are also performed. Once an organ is taken out of the donor body it has to be used within hours. Most donated organs come from people who have passed away, but living individuals can donate a kidney, part of a pancreas, part of a lung, part of the liver, or part of the intestines. Tissue donations are corneas, the middle ear,...
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... 13% are families denying organ donation because they did not know specific wishes of the deceased person. Other reasons include 8% wanted their body buried whole, 7% were concerned about health issues and their age, and 7% did not due to their culture or religion. b.According to Siegel, Navarro, Tan & Hyde of Health Psychology: Official Journal Of The Division Of Health Psychology in 2014, 95% of Americans support organ donation, yet the problem is only 40% of eligible donors have registered to donate their own organs after death. So why aren’t people donation? Transition: Now that we looked at the problem in the U.S today, let’s see what causes people to not donate their organs after death and why they should. Main point: Cause- why people do not II. There are many stated reasons why some do not choose to donate their organs, yet almost all can be debunked by fact. According to University of Michigan Transplant Center of transweb.org in 2010, these are some of the...
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...BLOOD DONATION ANBU 1111711205004 Information Technology ABSTRACT Blood donation is carried out when a person voluntarily agrees for blood to be drawn with the intention of donating it. The donated blood may be used for transfusions or itmay be separated into individual components to be used as required. The latter procedure is called fractionation.Blood donation may be of different kinds. In the developedcountries unpaid donors give blood to replenish a community supply. In economically poorer countries, however, blood donation is carried out according to demand, as the established blood ties are extremely limited. It may be an altruistic act or it may include a cash payment or incentives other than money. A person can have blood drawn and stored for own future use.In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) set a target for all blood donors to be unpaid volunteers. But statistics, in 2006, revealed that only 49 of 124 countries surveyed had achieved this target. INTRODUCTION A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole-blood components). Donation may be of whole-blood or of specific components directly. Blood banks often participate in the collection process as well as the procedures that follow it. DONORS In the developed world, most blood donors are unpaid volunteers (voluntary non remunerated repeat donations...
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...something new. On March 9, 1999, my doctors took a rib bone, donated from a cadaver, split it in half, and wired it around my broken femur. Less than two months later, I was off crutches and walking normally for the first time in almost five years. I could actually enjoy life. I was lucky. I wasn’t going to die if I had no donor, donated bone is easier to acquire that a heart, lung or kidney. Other people are not as lucky. Patients waiting for one of those life-sustaining organs must rely on the generosity of others, and the misfortune of that generous person. Someone must die, in order for that person to live. No one likes to talk about death, but let’s face it, we all die. Dying is a part of life. Many people don’t talk about organ donation because it involves talking about death. But, what if, from our death, we could give another person a chance to live, or merely improve the quality of his or her life? As of September 1999,...
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...BLOOD DONATION SIDRA BIBI D/O FARZAND ALI MPHIL ( BIOCHEMISTRY) 2nd SEMESTER (MORNING) PMAS –UAAR Sidrabibi1126@yahoo.com Islam enjoins preserving human life and protecting it against all potential harm, affliction and hardship, and it insists on ensuring peace and security for human beings. In the Quran, Allah says, "To save one life is to save all humanity". Islamic law urges every Muslim to be in constant support of his community, and make it a legal requirement in many cases. According to a Hadith (saying by the Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him)),"He who relieves a believer of one form of distress, in this life shall be relieved by God of a greater distress on the Day of Resurrection" and "God will help any servant of His, as long as he continues to help his brother". "A Muslim is a brother to every Muslim, he neither lets him down, nor does him injustice, nor gives him away".Therefore, if giving blood to a patient is necessary for his survival, then, according to Islam, it becomes mandatory to donate blood`, as a case of implementing a basic Islamic principle which makes it imperative to preserve human life. Two important main Islamic rules are also applicable here, namely: "Harm must be eliminated" & "Necessity overrules constraints". Further more it is in agreement with the Islamic principles of social justice.The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) says, "Cupping is a most useful type of medical treatment". He also says...
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...violence or drug overdoses. Surprisingly they will have died from the simple act of waiting. They died while waiting for a much needed organ donation to replace their failing organ. For days, weeks even months they had hoped to receive news that somebody, somewhere had selflessly volunteered to donate their organs upon their death to another human being living on borrowed time. That news never came and time ran out. Perfectly good organs were buried with another non-donor who had no use for them anyhow because that person was already dead, yet without agreeing to give up their organs upon their death another life will be lost. Everyone can help to save lives by donating your vital organs after you have passed away. You will have no further need for them and I promise, you won’t even notice they are gone. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really, really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? Nearly 80,000 Americans are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Hundreds of thousands more would benefit from a life enhancing tissue transplant. Each day, averages of 75 people receive organ transplants. However, averages of 20 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs. Every eleven minutes another name is added to an organ donation list. One organ donor can save up to 8 lives. Well, my sister was ten years old when she found out she needed a new kidney. She went...
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...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 would be a reduction in tax collection by $250 million. That looks like a big amount but not when compared to the amount the federal government spends on renal dialysis every year. If there is an increase in organ donation, the...
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