people in the US are waiting for an organ. 4‚000 more people are added to the national waiting list each day. One deceased donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and can save 100 more through the gift of tissue donation. Organs that can be donated after death are the heart liver kidneys lungs pancreas and small intestines. Tissue donations include corneas skin veins heart valves tendons ligaments and bones. There are also a small number of organs that come from healthy people. There
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The Organ Systems of the Human Body The human body is made up of 11 organ systems. The Integumentary System‚ Skeletal System‚ Muscular System‚ Nervous System‚ Endocrine System‚ Circulatory System‚ Lymphatic System‚ Respiratory System‚ Urinary System‚ Digestive System‚ and Reproductive System for the male and female. Also‚ we have the Immune System which is an accumulation of cells rather than an organ system. Protection‚ support and movement are the main functions of the Integumentary system
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In the essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives” by Joana Mackay‚ kidney failure is the main topic in this essay. Honestly‚ I did not really have an opinion on organ sales. It just knew a bit about it. However‚ after I read this essay‚ I felt like I completely agreed with her argument. She argues that the sale of human organs should be legal. As we learned‚ some key features in an argument include a clear and arguable position‚ necessary background information‚ and convincing evidence. In Mackay’s essay
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Whether human organs should be bought and sold‚ it really up to the person who is willing to go ahead with it. However‚ based on economics I think that human organs should be available for those that need them. An example would have to be that with our kidneys‚ we are able to live with only one of them‚ and if there was someone that we matched their blood type could we honestly say that we would refuse them one if their life were in the balance? I do also think that based on the economic part
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Organ Donation Almost everyone would want to be able to say‚ “I have saved a life.” By becoming an organ donor‚ you can be able to say‚ “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others‚ and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life as said on quick-facts-about-donation. Unfortunately‚ the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced
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world on Organ Donation According to the Organ report “About 4‚100 transplant candidates are added to the national waiting list each month. Each day‚ about 77 people receive organ transplants. However‚ about 18 people die each day waiting for transplants that can ’t take place because of the shortage of donated organs”(Organ). I feel that it is important to educate people on organ donation because first‚ we don ’t have enough donors and second‚ because we can never have too many organs. The society
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Cover Letter 1. The purpose of this essay was to support my claim that organ donation has a lot of positive results. My plan with this essay to get the reader to be more informed of the process and list some statistics associated with it. I hope that the reader‚ if they were not fully aware of the topic‚ to do more research for themselves. 2. From this assignment‚ I learned how to gather data to support my arguments. I already felt strongly about this subject before writing on it. Though‚ I
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gentlemen. My name is ... and I’m here to talk about organ donation. Romania was the last places in Europe to organ donation‚ only one donor per million inhabitants‚ compared to the European average of 20. Over 2‚000 people waiting for a kidney transplant‚ 40 people waiting for a heart transplant‚ and 400 people a liver transplant. Organ donation is an important and complex decision. On the pro side‚ donated organs save lives. Contrary‚ organ donation process is confused and misunderstood. A thorough
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online to donatelife.com‚ whether you would help someone after you have passed on. Organ and tissue donation is a topic that does not get enough attention. "Ninety-five percent of Americans say that they support donation yet the number of registered donors is much smaller (www.organdonor.gov). " Anyone can sign up to be a donor. After death you can donate your organs. Each day 18 people will die waiting on organs. Tissues are also able to be donated. The age of donation do not matter. Some
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Section A - Organ Donation Summary of I’m donating my kidney to a stranger The text is written by Richard Wilson and was published in 2008. I’m donating my kidney to a stranger is about the determined woman‚ Paula MacKinnon‚ who is the altruistic organ donor in Scotland. At first Paula decided to donate her 68-year old mother‚ Kathrine‚ who suffered kidney failure. But Paula wasn’t able to donate her kidney to her mother‚ because their blood groups were not compatible. But Paula would not
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