Even though buying and selling organs is illegal in most countries, there is a thriving black market worldwide. Crazy though it seems, organ selling has become the way-to-get-ahead for some people. In poorer nations such as the Philippines, Togo and Bangladesh there is a large market in human organs. It is also an underground trend in the US, Australia and France. A 2004, article written by Brian Handwerk on NationalGeographic.com he states, “In 2002 U.S. doctors performed 24,900 lifesaving organ transplants.
Erin Gallagher and Natalie Lukehart Gallagher and Lukehart 1 Mrs. Greenwald Pre-IB English 10 9 March 2012 Organ Selling In the United States, there are now “…more than 105,000 people on the waiting list for solid organ transplants” (Womens Health), yet the list of donors is just a fraction of that amount. This is a controversial issue that has not only risen throughout the nation; but world-wide. Those for organ selling may argue that it saves lives, while those who are against organ selling argue that it is unethical. The black market for selling organs does exist, but what if potential donors were given incentives in a reputable commercial market: a thousand dollars for a kidney or two thousand for a heart? Would this be ethical?
Organ Sales Will Save Lives by Joanna Mackay In the essay Organ sales will save lives by Joana Mackay, Mackay states how the legalization of selling human organs will help to save thousands of lives. Mackay is based on the fact that this will benefit not only the person receiving the organ, but also would help receive money for it. People are waiting for an organ transplant that could save their lives, but due to “laws” that leave out the option of donating organs, these people are usually condemned to death as they wait on a list of donors or a death person to extract the organ they need. Governments “Should not ban the sale of human organs, they should regulate it”(92). She explains how in the third world countries they are illegal organs, trades and people are willing to sell an organ for proximity of $1000.
Being an organ donor may not seem like much when you check yes on your driver’s license form, but in reality it means a lot. It means when you die you are allowing them to take your organ out of your body and giving them to someone else who can benefit from them. You can save several lives being an organ donor. Why would you not want to be one? There are several debates people give to not wanting to donate their organs.
Unnecessary surgery exposed! Why 60% of all surgeries are medically unjustified and how surgeons exploit patients to generate profits Friday, October 07, 2005 by: Alexis Black Every year millions of Americans go under the knife, but many of them are enduring great pain and shelling out thousands of dollars for surgeries they don't really need. In fact, the only people who seem to really benefit from these unnecessary medical procedures are the medical professionals who stand to make exorbitant amounts of money from performing them. An estimated 7.5 million unnecessary medical and surgical procedures are performed each year, writes Gary Null, PhD., in Death by Medicine. Rather than reverse the problems they purport to fix, these unwarranted procedures can often lead to greater health problems and even death.
One of the most controversial issues we have today. The scarcity of organ donations in America is the main reason there is a sudden diversion of possible source of organs. Beginning with donations of organs from cadaver to living donors, different strategies sprung just to reduce the said shortage; as a result of this quest, sale and paid organs is one of the approaches that gathered too much attention from the public. The question remains, should we get compensated for a good deed, or does that contradict the whole reasoning. Yet, the doctors get paid by the families of those who need the organs, is this wrong too.
There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you have the power to save. Now the first thing we should
The answer is they wont survive, it is estimated that 15,000 orphans die every day due to malnutrition which is completely preventable. Americans have the means and reasons to help out these children, adopting internationally is expensive, no one will tell you different. But is it worth letting a child die rather than paying for their health? The answer is no, every child deserves a family that you could provide for them. A family that will support them and give them a health life.
The primary ethical dilemmas surrounding organ transplantation arise from the shortage of available organs and the criteria on who should receive an organ first and why. Not everyone who needs an organ transplant gets one. But not just that, Medicare funded organ transplants add another set of ethical issues to the equation. Medicare is a federally-funded health insurance program available to retirees over the age of
On the other hand the morality of paying someone for an organ is convoluted with their motives needing to be apparent. Ultimately, however, the use of money as an incentive of organ donations has many benefits. One reason for this is that the current waiting time for organ donations is growing, with some waiting lists up to 10 years. The waiting lists are only getting longer due to the result of increasing levels of diabetes and high blood pressure coupled to obesity. In Iran waiting lists have decreased significantly since the introduction of the scheme.