The Pros And Cons Of Organ Donation

Should organ donation be required?

Throughout the world, organ donations and transplants have been known to become an important and beneficial asset to the enhancement of technology in the medical field but it has also proven to be a disaster (Organ). Organ donation is a process that surgically removes an organ or a tissue from one person and transplants it into another, who is capable of receiving and utilizing the organ. Currently hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are in need of organs at this very moment and the number continues to grow everyday, while the number of donors seems to stay the same. Without a doubt, this is a problem that has to be addressed in order to save the lives of people globally. Many people believe the solution

Later in the 20th century, the technology as well as the methods have improved to proceed with such organ donations and transplants. Even though technology has proven to be far more efficient since the 1960’s; the advancement of technology first struggle to achieve a successful transplant to later keeping the heart functional while the patient is deceased, considering this procedure unethical early in it’s time (Reynolds). Still the United States and other countries later resumed this procedure while the technology continue to advance. This is why Organ donation should not be implemented into our society. In 1968, American Physician Starzl attempted to achieve a successful kidney transplant, but failed five times. The first patient bled to death, and the other four died the same day, or right after the surgery. For the cause of these failed procedures, it was argued that these specific types of surgeries should not be practiced. Since then there has been over 200,000 failed kidney transplants, killing thousands (understanding). Considering this procedure as

With a constant need for organs, many people believe requiring all citizens to become a donor would be a solution to this everlasting problem, but making a decision such as that would be against the basic principles of a democracy. One facet that people tend to focus on first is the financial perspective of the situation, the problem with this is that there aren’t many positives to make people consider organ donation. Such as the willingness of people to put themselves in a financial hole, federal laws that prohibit certain incentives for donation, and complications with a person’s insurance company. In the situation of donating an organ, the donor has to pay for their own travel expenses, any expenses that are encountered through prior conditions unrelated to the procedure, and the follow up appointments (Financial). Just the thought of losing money alone, will without a doubt turn people away from the idea of organ donation, because no one wants to put themselves in financial jeopardy, especially if it can be avoided (Rettner). Tom Peters who is an honored and valued transplant surgeon at the University of Florida College of Medicine and colleagues conducted a survey asking registered voters if a $50,000 compensation would increase their willingness to donate an organ and over 50% of the surveyors said that a