Give life‚ give blood! Imagine your mom‚ dad‚ son‚ and or‚ daughter in a tragic car accident‚ or diagnosed with cancer. The only chance of survival is a blood transfusion‚ because your blood type is not a match. We all expect that blood will be there for us or a loved one; however‚ hardly a fraction of people that can give blood actually do. At some point of our lives we may face a time of susceptibility where we will need blood. The day-to-day need for blood never ends. Statistics
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In 1775‚ Patrick Henry introduced a proposal to the Virginia Convention to form a local militia to be prepared to fight the British. In order for his proposal to pass and for his vision to become a reality‚ he had to persuade the members of the Virginia Convention to arm themselves as patriots to fight the British if they did not meet their demands. To do this‚ he had to appeal to their emotions‚ logic and many other aspects in order to make his speech effective and to obtain the goal that he wanted
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the issue of not legalizing the payment of donating organs. The National Kidney Foundation does not believe that the payment for organ donating will increase donations. The foundation wants to remain committed to helping people with donations. They believe that if it is legalized then disadvantaged citizens would take advantage of this opportunity that should only be done for the great feeling of it‚ and not the money. Sally Satel believes that organ trafficking should be stopped by legalizing some
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one…your grandparent‚ parent‚ spouse or significant other‚ even your own child‚ dying because one of their vital organs has quit working. Maybe because of a disease or an accident‚ maybe for a reason that cannot be explained‚ without any warning. The only chance of this person surviving is through an organ transplant‚ but there aren’t any available. By a show of hands‚ how many of you are organ donors? I. There are 11 body parts that can be successfully transplanted : A. Heart‚ heart
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United States‚ a patient who wants an organ transplant from a cadaverous donor must become part of an elaborate nationwide organ distribution system. This system‚ known collectively as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)‚ is operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)‚ an independent nonprofit organization working under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. *Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a
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Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate. Thesis Statement: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and it is very simple to be an organ donor when you die. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention material/Credibility Material: 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‚ my cousin was five years old when
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decided to give donate her kidney anyway‚ to someone who might need it. Paula is meet with skepticism from her parents and her friends‚ but Paula doesn’t see it as a big deal‚ instead she wants to do it‚ because as she says "It’s completely simple. It’s just something that I can do to help somebody else." This form of organ donation is called altruistic donation‚ and it was introduced by The Human Tissue Act in September 2006. 2. In Denis Campbell’s article "We must change the organ donation
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fooling ourselves. We cannot cheat death! But what if you could make something good‚ out of your death? If you could change the lives of up to fifteen people? How? By carrying one of these‚ an organ donor card. Donating organs is a chance to give the gift of life‚ and not just to one person. For example‚ last year alone 247 donors gave 799 Mexicans a new chance in life. Seven hundred and ninety-nine lives is an amazing figure‚ and I cannot possibly describe what an amazing gift those people and
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Purpose: By the end of my presentation‚ the audience will donate their organs and tissues when they die and act upon their decision to donate. Introduction 1 Attention Getter/Credibility Statement: 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‚ my 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 moth span that
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Organ Trafficking Organ trafficking is one of the great issues that is faced by the society today. It is a practice of stealing people’s organ through surgery under the influence of drugs or from a dead person‚ and the organs are normally sold in black market such as China. South Africa‚ and Russia. WHO has estimated that one-fifth of the 70‚000 kidneys that are transplanted every year come from the black market through a widespread organ-trafficking networks. In my opinion‚ organ trafficking has
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