Medicare Funded Organ Transplants Keller Graduate School of Management Health Rights and Responsibilities HSM 542 Medicare Funded Organ Transplants: Ethical Issues Introduction “Ethical issues are the branch of philosophy that defines what is good for the individual and for society and establishes the nature of obligations‚ or duties‚ that people owe themselves and one another. In modern society‚ ethics define how individuals‚ professionals‚ and corporations choose to interact with one another
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about a biotechnology plant that takes the research of animals to a completely new level‚ between man and animals. These experiments have been given the name Bonobo’s‚ a breed of human and ape. ’GenSys’ plans on using the Bonobo’s for human organ transplants making them more available‚ especially to people who are willing to pay a lot of money. However‚ a single mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap between ape and man. Then there is a body found with missing head‚ hands‚ feet‚ and a liver.
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The new medical sociology. Social forms of health and illness – Bryan Turner Introduction “Sociology is the scientific study of social institutions” (p. xiii)‚ and these social institutions are cluster of roles‚ norms‚ power‚ and knowledge which determine how we experience the social life‚ this means that social institutions mark how we have to behave and think. In this way‚ medicine is a social institution (p. xiii). Moreover‚ medicine is a social institution of normative coercion‚ and
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Aldridge’s article “Organ transplants” more than 121‚000 people are waiting for an organ transplant in the United States today. Sadly‚ over 6‚500 people have died waiting on an organ transplant. If broken down‚ it results to eight people dying each day (Aldridge 606). Kidneys are the most common organ transplant‚ with the intestine being the least common. A transplant procedure may range from the liver‚ heart‚ pancreas and lungs (Kasper 1). In 1933‚ the first kidney transplant was first tested by
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OCS (Organ Care System) What is it? The Organ Care System (or OCS for short) is a device created by TransMedics INC and allows for soon to be transplanted organs like hearts and lungs to remain outside of a host body for longer. The OCS works by transporting warm blood‚ oxygenated‚ and nutrient rich blood to the donated organ‚ thusly‚ prolonging the time the organ can remain outside of a body (1). History of transplants: The very first successful heart transplant performed in humans was in 1967
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The Use of Immunosuppressive Drugs In Organ Transplants Chelsae Smith Abstract The use of immunosuppressive drugs in the organ transplant setting has become vital to the survival of the patient. This paper will discuss the importance of immunosuppressive drugs through the stages of induction therapy‚ maintenance therapy‚ and treatment of acute rejection. Categories of immunosuppressive drugs will be discussed in terms of each category’s action of stopping the acute rejection. Acute rejection
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Heart disease‚ also known as the “silent killer”‚ is one of the most common causes of death worldwide‚ though many people live with this disease for many years without knowing it. Types of heart diseases include coronary artery disease‚ cardiomyopath‚ valvular heart disease‚ pericardial disease‚ and congenital heart disease. The most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is when the arteries that supplies blood for the heart muscle gradually hardens
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the last decade‚ the debate over the ethics of organ and transplant allocation has intensified and the attention sensationalized in the media. At the core of this issue‚ critical questions remain. They include but are not limited to those regarding economics‚ race‚ and geographic inequity and about the moral relevance and weight of geography‚ economics‚ and other disparities and inequities in transplant allocation (Stanford University‚ 2012). Transplant allocation raises questions regarding the four
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mistake didn’t kill her--the organ donor system was fatally flawed | | |Avery Comarow. U.S. News & World Report. Washington: Jul 28‚ 2003. Vol. 135‚ Iss. 3; pg. 51-54‚ | |Abstract (Article Summary) | |Teenager Jesica Santillan died as the victim of an elementary and inexcusable medical mistake: her heart-lung transplant had gone wrong | |because
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Curious Events That Lead to Living Renal Donation Kidney organ donation is a hot topic these days due to the fact that so many End-Stage Renal Failure Patients are dying while waiting for a living or deceased transplant. The big questions‚ should healthy adults become living kidney donors to complete strangers? Should a healthy adult family member become a living kidney donor to a friend or family member? If a loved one is an organ donor upon their death‚ should their wishes be fulfilled? The
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