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Ethical Issues In Organ Transplant
840 wordsAs time progresses and civilization gets more advanced humans continue to develop new ways to increase the quality of life. Unfortunately, the progress of technology magnifies existing ethical problems in medicine. Among the most troubling types of problems for medicine, patients, and society are those concerning the transplantation of human organs. The number of organs available for transplantation are extremely scarce so there are many people who, need an organ transplant, but will never recei...
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1,191 wordsHolistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? Holistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? In today's fast-paced world where technology rules, the medical profession is also advancing. In 1991, 2, 900 liver transplants were performed in the United States while there were 30, 000 candidates for the procedure in the United States alone (Heffron, T. G. , 1993). Due to shortages of available organs for donation / transplantation , specifically livers, once again Although...
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2,195 words... locally first. Mickey Mantle got his liver quickly because he was classified the most critically needy patient in the Dallas area (Adato). The fifth myth is the minority candidates wait longer owing to bias in the system. In fact, no consideration is given to race, only to medical facts. In many transplants the necessary matching antigens are more likely to occur between people of similar race or ethnicity. Blacks are one of the lowest groups to give to organ donation. All other organs can b...
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797 wordsA person that receives an organ transplant almost always requires several complementary goods. One obvious good is the medical care received for the actual transplant and for follow-up doctor's visits. For most people who undergo an organ or tissue transplant the quality of their life and general overall health improves following the transplant. Persons who receive a transplant are frequently required to take a series of medications that suppress their immune system and prevent their body from r...
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1,696 wordsWho Deserves Donated Organs Organ donation is one of the most heated social issues that have triggered a lot of controversial responses from different circles. It is a problem that raises a number of ethical questions that need to be answered. Within the course of this paper, we will elaborate on the three most important ethical issues associated with organ transplantation and donation: is it ethical to donate and transplant organs; is it ethical to take organs away from dead people with or with...
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4,523 wordsHarry Wilson is one lucky man; even Harry's doctors cannot believe how lucky he is. You see, Harry, at age 54, was dying. He had to have both of his kidneys removed, they were failing and he had been on an organ donation list for the past two years without success. Harry's children were tested for compatibility but without success. Harry's own brothers and sisters were tested for compatibility but still no success. Now you may ask, how in the world could anyone consider Harry Wilson lucky? Well ...
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1,635 wordsEarly History of the Pipe Organ The? king of instruments? has a long history, one which can arguably be traced to the concept of a collection of? fixed-pitched pipes blown by a single player (such as the panpipes)? (Randel 583). The first examples of pipe organs with the basic features of today can be traced to the third century B. C. E. in the Greco-Roman arena; it is said to have been invented by Ktesibios of Alexander and contained? a mechanism to supply air under pressure, a wind-chest to st...
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2,611 wordsWhen one thinks of cloning, what comes to mind? Movies such as? Multiplicity? can give the layperson a much-distorted image of cloning. In this particular movie, actor Michael Keaton plays a father who cannot handle his crazily busy lifestyle. In an effort to be the perfect father, husband and employee, he has himself cloned easily at a nearby medical center. The three clones each have their own personality: one is sarcastic and bitter, one is sweet and sensitive and one is a half-wit but all ar...
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1,738 wordsIn March of 1999, I was given a gift from a person I never knew; a person I? ll never get to know. This gift cost the person who gave it to me, no money, but it was the most valuable gift I? ll ever receive. The gift was a piece of life from another person. At the age of twenty-four, I broke my hip. After three unsuccessful surgical attempts to heal it, my doctors performed a total hip replacement. The top four inches of my femur were sawed off, and the inside of my bone was hollowed out. A stee...
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3,776 wordsThe following is Pounds Introduction to his translation of Remy de Gourmont's The Natural Philosophy of Love " Il y aurait peut-? tre une certain corr? lation entre la copulation compl? te et profound et le d? veloppement c? r? bral. " Not only is this suggestion, made by our author at the end of his eighth chapter, both possible and probable, but it is more than likely that the brain itself, is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital fluid held in suspense or ...
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2,417 wordsHolistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? Alesha M. Johnson, R. N. Jewish Hospital College of Nursing and Allied Health Nursing 4600 Conceptual Approach to Acute Care October 8, 1996 Holistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? In todays fast-paced world where technology rules, the medical profession is also advancing. In 1991, 2, 900 liver transplants were performed in the United States while there were 30, 000 candidates for the procedure in the United States a...
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1,942 wordsHow could cloning save a species from going EXTINCT? It has been stated by many scientists, particularly those in the region of Japan, who believe that cloning could be used to save a species from extinction by cloning the dying members of the breed that is going extinct. However, this would pose several problems immediately. The most apparent is that cloning is indeed a long way off (although our extinction is supposedly farther in time). Although no one knows when cloning will develop into a f...
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641 wordsThere are two different responses produced by the immune response in mammals. There is the Cell mediated response, and there is the antibody response. First we shall deal with the Cell mediated response. This response is based upon the help of T-Cells. There are various types of T-cells which all have different jobs in the system. The cell mediated response is mainly utilised in defence against intracellular pathogens, such as view and fungi (and some bacteria). The T-cell precursors are produce...
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552 wordsWhy You should Become an Organ Donor Why should you become an organ donor? There are plenty of reasons why you should become an organ donor. Many of humans die every hour just because one person didnt become an organ donor. This paper will give facts and reasons why you should become an organ donor. A person dies every three hours because of the shortage of organ donors. Just one person, can help over 50 people. Organ donation, is the donation of your organs after you have deceased and no longer...
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1,175 wordsINTRODUCTION /ATTENTION STEP A. 1. Imagine that a loved one has just been severely injured in a car accident. 2. The injuries include brain trauma, broken bones, but most notably, a loss of two pints of blood, that your friend is in desperate need of. 3. Coincidentally your blood type matches. 4. Picture yourself at the scene of the accident. 5. Put yourself in the hospital waiting room, anticipating news from the doctors, hoping that your friend will survive. 6. What would you say when the doct...
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1,094 wordsThere is a Xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation There is a shortage of organs for clinical transplantation all around the world. Many patients waiting to receive new organs die because we are unable to receive enough organs: there arent enough donors. We are now testing the implantation of other species organs into the human body, that would be a great solution in ending organ shortage. There is a problem though, the human body does not cooperate well with other non-human organs. Rejection is...
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1,938 wordsShould Organs Be Taken From The Dead Without Prior Written Consent Of The Deceased Or Consent Of The Family? Within the last few decades, one of the most amazing medical advances has been the ability to give organ transplants (Newkirk 11). Gary Newkirk states in Modern Medicine that these medical events are a bittersweet experience, since in many instances someone s untimely death facilitates the survival of someone else (Newkirk 11). The Pope John Paul II says organ donation is a genuine act of...
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1,002 wordsRecent medical advances have greatly enhanced the ability to successfully transplant organs and tissue. Forty-five years ago the first successful kidney transplant was performed in the United States, followed twenty years later by the first heart transplant. Statistics from the United Network for Organ Sharing (ONOS) indicate that in 1998 a total of 20, 961 transplants were performed in the United States. Although the number of transplants has risen sharply in recent years, the demand for organs...
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