COMMERCIALIZATION OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTS Student: Patrick Frost Instructor: Professor Edwin Martinez del Rio Business Ethics 309 October 21‚ 2013 Strayer University COMMERCIALIZATION OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTS Arguments in favor of organ commercialization Commercialization of human organs from consenting adults will lead to an increase in the supply of organs needed for transplants (Kanniyakonil‚ 2005). The major challenge in hospitals is the lack of organs needed for transplantation to the increasing
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Decision Memo for a Heart Transplant This memorandum serves three purposes: (1) declares the chosen person for the heart transplantation; (2) outlines the decision process; (3) evaluates possible outcomes of the made decision. Among the three qualifying candidates who were in need of the transplant‚ the person that was chosen to go through the process of heart transplant is Lisa; a 12-year-old female who has suffered from health issues all throughout her life. Lisa has suffered from various
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children waiting on the organ donor transplant list. Their chances of survival are contingent upon an intricate and methodical system which forms a match between its patients on that list and donors. This system is based completely on trust and a selfless regard or concern for the well being of others. An organ transplant involves the surgical procedure in which ones damaged organ is removed and replaced with one more suitable one. The first successful organ transplant was conducted in 1954. One
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to WebMD‚ organ transplants are “the surgical movement of a healthy organ from one person and its transplantation into another person whose organ has failed or was injured.” The first organ transplant was conducted on December 23rd‚ 1954. Dr. Joseph Murray and Dr. David Hume transplanted a kidney from Ronald Herrick‚ into his brother Richard. The first successful tissue transplant was a skin graft‚ performed in Germany in 1823. Organs including the heart‚ intestine‚ kidney‚ liver‚ lung‚ and pancreas
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sell organs to transplant patients. How many live could be saved if this was allowed in the United States? An average of eighteen people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t happen because due to the shortage of donated organs. Every life that could be saved is extremely important and an effort needs to be made to preserve these lives. The sale of human organs should be legalized‚ solving the shortage of transplant organs in the United States. The history of organ transplants date back to
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for and against altering the way in which human organs are obtained for patients in need of transplants. A new policy to allow the sale of organs by consenting individuals to patients in need and to medical institutions has been proposed. Critics argue that permitting organs to be bought and sold is unethical. You have been asked to review the arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants and to construct a report with your suggested plan of action. Use the Internet or Strayer
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awaiting capital punishment‚ should receive the same level of medical care as others in society - including scarce donor organs for the purpose of transplantation. As is often the case‚ the debate over whether a death row inmate should receive an organ transplant is not a single controversy‚ but rather several rolled into one. Being able to address the larger question requires disentangling the smaller questions and examining each in turn. What role‚ if any‚ should a person ’s social and moral worth play
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About Sakra Liver Transplant Program‚ is an Initiative of the Sakra Institute of Digestive and HPB Sciences to establish a state of the art center for Liver Transplant and end-stage organ disease management with emphasis on a patient centric approach in delivering the best quality healthcare services backed by a fine blend of Japanese technology and processes with the knowledge and expertise of Indian doctors. We also strongly believe in a multidisciplinary approach especially when dealing with
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Running head: FATTY LIVER DISEASE Fatty Liver Disease Evetta Brown June 08‚ 2011 MA111 Instructor Leila L. Hamka The liver has over 200 functions that it plays. There are over 100 types of liver diseases. Many of these diseases can be life threating if they are not treated correctly. This paper will focus on the fatty liver disease. It will describe the liver‚ discuss the disease known as fatty liver disease‚ alcoholic and non alcoholic‚ give
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“Each day‚ an average of 79 people receive organ transplants. However‚ an average of 21 people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t take place because of the shortage of donated organs” (The Need Is Real). There are many different views of the pros and cons that make up transplants of all kinds‚ from organ to bone transplants‚ and whether or not they should be allowed to be continued. There are a few cons to the different types of transplants. One of these negatives is that the donor usually
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