“Describe and evaluate the ethical issues involved in Medicare-funded organ transplants.”
HSM 542 Health rights and responsibilities
Week 7 assignment:
Course Project:
“Describe and evaluate the ethical issues involved in Medicare-funded organ transplants.”
Professor
Introduction
In order to make the issues of ethics involving organ transplants, we first need to understand how clearly is describe the organ transplantation process. Organ transplant is a movement from one body to another. It is also a relocation of an organ from an origin site to another potential site. Introducing the possibility of an organ transplant in the medical field was a great achievement that helps many patients. However, that same introduction of organ transplant in the medical field has had so many ethical problems too. It is also a big step too that Medicare is funding the transplants. One of the many issues presented is that injustice in the distribution process. The problem is that may believe that the waiting list is not fair to everybody and the demand is way higher than the offer. People getting organs are a small percentage compares to the entire all the people that need one. Is it linked to money issue, or to discrimination? That is why it is imperative to find a solution to that fact. In order to fix all the issues that could be deducted from the issue is that how to find a way to a better distribution of the organ, also a how to determine who needs it more without the fact of money or discrimination concern by looking at the patient’s condition and financial condition. Organ transplants also are confronted to so many ethical issues like social, religious and financials.
Defining the problem
The American Health System has always had so many concerns. It is always said that, with all the development of the new technology in the medical field, it still confronted to so many questions. Since the introduction of the Dialysis machine which was introduce for renal failure hoping that they will get treated better. Like always the money and the
Week 7 assignment:
Course Project:
“Describe and evaluate the ethical issues involved in Medicare-funded organ transplants.”
Professor
Introduction
In order to make the issues of ethics involving organ transplants, we first need to understand how clearly is describe the organ transplantation process. Organ transplant is a movement from one body to another. It is also a relocation of an organ from an origin site to another potential site. Introducing the possibility of an organ transplant in the medical field was a great achievement that helps many patients. However, that same introduction of organ transplant in the medical field has had so many ethical problems too. It is also a big step too that Medicare is funding the transplants. One of the many issues presented is that injustice in the distribution process. The problem is that may believe that the waiting list is not fair to everybody and the demand is way higher than the offer. People getting organs are a small percentage compares to the entire all the people that need one. Is it linked to money issue, or to discrimination? That is why it is imperative to find a solution to that fact. In order to fix all the issues that could be deducted from the issue is that how to find a way to a better distribution of the organ, also a how to determine who needs it more without the fact of money or discrimination concern by looking at the patient’s condition and financial condition. Organ transplants also are confronted to so many ethical issues like social, religious and financials.
Defining the problem
The American Health System has always had so many concerns. It is always said that, with all the development of the new technology in the medical field, it still confronted to so many questions. Since the introduction of the Dialysis machine which was introduce for renal failure hoping that they will get treated better. Like always the money and the
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