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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Importance of Organ Donation Each day approximately 6‚300 people die and what makes this haunting is that presently there are 83‚513 people waiting for organs to be donated‚ yet each day 17 people die because they do not receive a transplant (http://www.donatelife.net/facts_stats.html). These statistics show that people who are waiting for organ transplants have a good chance at being saved and get what they need. The sad truth is though‚ because of the lack of people willing to donate organs‚ many people
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Each day about 70 people receive an organ transplant. However‚ 16 people die each day waiting for transplants that cannot take place because of the shortage of donated organs‚ according to organdonor.gov. In New York alone‚ only 350 people are organ donors where 7‚000 New Yorkers are currently awaiting organ transplants. One organ donor can save up to 8 lives by donating their heart‚ lungs‚ liver‚ kidney‚ pancreas‚ and intestines. Anyone can become an organ donor‚ and everyone should consider
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rapidly than the number of willing donors. The law as it stands condemns many‚ some of them children‚ to an unnecessary death‚ simply because of the shortage of willing donors while‚ as the BMA puts it‚ ’bodies are buried or cremated complete with organs that could have been used to save lives’. Doctors and surgeons can be trusted not to abuse the licence which a change of the law would grant them. Objections to a change in the law are sheer sentimentality. A dead body is an inanimate object‚ incapable
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Application on Normative Ethical Theories Is organ donation to a family member a moral obligation? Is it possible to love ones child well‚ yet dent them the very organ that one is physically capable of giving them? True love often requires sacrifice on behalf of those one loves; it requires acts of self-giving for the greater good of the other. But this form of self-giving seems different in kind. However much we might praise those who give their organs to a beloved family member‚ can we condemn
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ORGAN DONATION: They need it as much as you do Audience: Those who are in doubt and reluctant to make a contribution in organ donation. General speech purpose: To convince the audience in donating an organ. Specific speech purpose: After hearing my speech‚ the audience will be able to cite the advantages in donating an organ. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention-getter: Did you know that one person die every 90 minutes waiting for transplant? Maybe the person next to you may need your organ
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Section 2.1: Becoming Familiar with Relevant Aspects of Students’ Backgrounds Knowledge and Experiences This section talks about becoming familiar with students’ background knowledge and their experiences. Describes how to locate learner background information and experiences; explains how it can be used in planning lessons Locating learner background information and experiences is important. I could locate my students’ background information by looking at their transcripts‚ interviewing
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you ever dreamed for one second of saving someone’s life? Have you ever said: ‘I want to be a hero? Well ladies and gentlemen‚ today I bring you an easy way to check this task off your bucket list. It’s called: BLOOD DONATION. I am going to show you today the importance of blood donation on your body but first I am going to tell you if you are eligible to donate. As you all know there are different blood types. Here you can see a table of the varieties of blood types. People with type A can give to
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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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Gift of an Organ Donor June 3‚ 1993‚ marked a day of tragedy for the Cassani family after their fourteen month-old son‚ Colby‚ drowned and later died. In mourning the parents of Colby chose to donate their son’s organs which saved the lives of three other individuals (“Colby Cassani”). From a sorrowful calamity of a lost life sprang a gift to those in need of the functioning organs. However‚ despite the lifesaving potential the newly deceased could offer‚ the topic of organ donation seems blissfully
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