This is a summary of information about organ donation found in the extracts of articles by Boyle (2006) and Wilkinson (2008). It is an overview of facts and opinions of people who support and who oppose organ donation. Boyle (2006) outlines firstly‚ on her article the positive side of organ donation. She tells that you can always find a life saving experience out of thousands of people because an organ was donated. She says that people take these experiences as a very strong reason to donate.
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The Consequences of Organ Donation The patient may either wait 3.7 years on dialysis before receiving a kidney‚ or be one of 229 Canadians that died waiting for an organ donation in 2010 (Ogilvie). Organ donation‚ through surgery‚ helps to save the lives of individuals with organ failure. With a high demand and low supply of organs‚ there are a considerable number of people on the waiting list. Even with different consent policies on organ donations‚ such as opt-out (where it is assumed one is willing
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EFFECTS OF ORGAN DONATION FACTS ABOUT ORGAN DONATION * Like any surgery‚ after the donation procedure‚ the wound is closed and no visible mark is present as a tell-tale sign of the surgery. * The organs are removed only after the patient is declared brain dead and within 12 to 24 hours‚ the organs are removed for transplantation. * The success rate of organ transplantation on an average is between 75% to 85%. * Kidney‚ lungs‚ heart‚ skin‚ pancreas‚ liver‚ bones‚ eyes and intestines
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OPOs revealed that only 5 OPOs (8 percent) were likely to procure organs based on a person’s wishes as indicated on an organ donor card‚ if the family objected to donation ( Moskop‚ 2003). While some might argue that Nicole’s organ donor card contains final authority‚ it is important to consider other factors. If Nicole could have foreseen the accident and her parent’s grief in addition to their reluctance to allow organ donation‚ would she still wish to donate or would her concern for her family
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Understanding Transplantation A Brief History In 1954‚ a kidney was the first human organ to be transplanted successfully. Liver‚ heart‚ and pancreas transplants were successfully performed by the late 1960s‚ while lung and intestinal organ transplant procedures began in the 1980s.Until the early 1980s‚ the potential for organ rejection limited the number of transplants performed. Medical advances in the prevention and treatment of rejection led to more successful transplants and an increase
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Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body‚ from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation. Transplantable organs and tissues are removed in a surgical procedure following a determination‚ based on the donor’s medical and social history‚ of which are suitable for transplantation. Such procedures are termed allotransplantations‚ to distinguish them from xenotransplantation‚ the transfer of animal organs into human bodies. As of
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Dennise Rodriguez Organ Donation Devry University English 112 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? Well‚ I have a friend whose cousin was five years old when he found out he needed a new kidney. He went on the organ waiting list right away. He was called twice during a six month span that they had a kidney available only to find out that the kidney wasn’t a good match. He had to wait again. The third
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What is Organ Donation? Organ Donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body‚ from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplant (Wikipedia). What is Organ Transplantation? Often the only treatment for end state organ failure (WHO‚ Human Organ Transplantation). Canadian Organ Donation Statistics: There are more than 4‚500 people waiting for organ transplants in Canada Today. 256 people on the waiting list for a transplant died before
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Altruistic Organ Donation “I lay beneath the white sheets in anticipation for the potential surgery I am about to undergo. As the anesthetist wheels me to the prep room‚ I am swept behind the surgical room doors. ‘Am I doing the right thing? Will I be okay?’ All of these questions and more bombard my mind as the darkness begins to slowly eat away at my vision. With the last visages of light I had found comfort ‘I am doing the right thing‚ I’m saving a life’. I become overwhelmed by the darkness
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asked the question‚ “Do you want to be an organ donor?” When I was asked this question I didn’t hesitate‚ I immediately said “Yes.” Recently I came in contact with two different articles that had the main topic of organ donation and transplantation. This topic has various different components that factor into the bigger picture‚ which I learned from reading these two articles‚ “Organ Transplantation” and “Brain Death and Organ Donation”. The article “Organ Transplantation” written and published
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