what are the ethical issues and problems in organ transplantation?
537021
How about all of this 'organ stealing' stuff, and cadavar theft?\nThere are too many 'good' reasons not to do it..I just think they should pay you, in advance, for the organ you will donate when you pass on. Seems logical and a good way to keep the organs coming...then again, if you paid someone for a liver and they became an alcoholic....
100083
I think you are asking about what to write or where to find info...well i'm not sure of exact websites but if you google "medical ethics" it gives you several choices to choose from...also keep in mind some popular cases...like terri schiavo's case..the ethical dilemmas of stem cell research...or even the ethical issue of assisted suicide..whatever you choose i wish you the best!!
252945
You guys think of cloning just like multiplying oneself! That is not how you should go about it. Cloning does not necessarily mean cloning a genome. Do you know that transforming a gene into a bacterium and having it divide in two is cloning on its own? One should ask whether people think therapeutic cloning is ethical or not! In that case, I think it is the only way out to saving someone's life very fast. If someone needs an organ transplant, there has to be a match of molecules called Major Histocompatibility Complex  (MHC) molecules. And that is hard to find. So therapeutic cloning can save the energy of looking for a match and more importantly reduce the risk of autoimmune responses during after transplant.
773123
Ok, I've had to write a similar paper about a zillion times in college, so here's some advice: Write on the positive and negative outcomes it could have such as organ transplant and the possiblity of people trying to sell their own organs for $$$, and how there could be a large black market of organs for sale. This will make a rise in the homocide rate (people killing other people to steal their organs) and because there has not been a lot done w/ stem cell organs, they do not know the longivity of them. Most religious people are aganist it because they think that it will increase abortion. I don't know....Good luck!
400440
I don't think they've been doing them long enough to know. Technically there might not be too many issues considering the types of surgery around now. I think the biggest issue is the psychological impact on the patient - I am sure many people would not be able to cope as our appearence is so intrinsic as to who we are. Also I think it unlikely there will be many donors and it will be very difficult for the bereaved to come to terms with the possibility of a loved-ones face being used by someone else.
1109736
Most organ donors are dead.
1049799
My Bro in law had a transplant 3 years ago (Heart). He worked thru the hospital and sent a letter anonymously to the donor family and eventually they agreed to meet with him. Your husband should be able to work out something similar with the hospital that harvested the organs
375523
Right. I mean, if we can grow organs in a lab than maybe not as many people will die while they are on organ transplant waiting lists. Of course with every step for man kind comes an inherent evil as well. We could start growing humans and using them as slaves... that would be wrong, but growing organs to save lives... THAT'S A MIRACLE! Embrace it.
393154
Not enough, in my opinion.\n\n"More than 1,000 Arizona residents are on transplant lists and just 41 thousand people are registered as organ donors."\n\nhttp://www.kpho.com/global/story.asp?s=3920853&ClientType=Printable\n\n"Each day about 63 people receive an organ transplant, but another 16 people on the waiting list die because not enough organs are available. Make a difference in a person's life."\n\nhttp://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/MCHQ/Health_Facility_Regulation/Organ_Donors/\n\n"In the United States, the waiting list is quoted to be about 90,000 people long. It is not uncommon for those on the waiting list to die before receiving a suitable organ."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donor\n\nBut, sorry, I could not find a source which would tell me a percentage of Americans who are donors.
907804
As a nurse you will be making decisions every day that involve ethics.  This includes everything from respecting patient's privacy and confidentiality to issues of care at the end of life.  You may also experience conflict with other nurses, and other medical personnel about their behavior, which you may not view as proper and ethical.  It is very important for you to learn what ethics means, and also for you to determine what your own ethical standards are.  Best wishes to you...we need ethical nurses to speak for those who cannot!
802125
Provided that it's flushed out properly, packaged carefully at the right temperature to reduce cell metabolism you're looking at about 4 to 5 hours. The transplant can still be performed after that, but the organ's life-span in the recipient decreases the longer it's not being perfused with oxygenated blood, which is why 'beating heart' donations are being looked at as a preferable option.
438187
There is, it is illegal, and immoral, Organs safe for transplant have to go through rigorous testing and tissue typing, stolen organs taken from corpses are not tested, there were several cases of stolen organs transplanted into patients in New England recently, fortunately it seems there were no adverse effects.
730268
No, what if that person's organs die before they are removed? What if the organ's are not compatible? then the suicide would be useless. \n\nDepending on what is needed, sometimes a person can donate while they remain alive.\n\nDonating is a great virtue, but all within it's own time, suicide affects many people and may even affect the person waiting on a transplant
1018569
It rejects.\nThat's why after a transplant operation the recipient must take immunosuppressor drugs to stave-off rejection.\nIt's not a matter necessarily of being incompatible, it's just not the original equipment and needs all the help it can get.
512606
Okay, I'm tempted to offer to put you out of your misery.\n\nThis is a big topic and you have to find a meaningful focus. Do you want to talk about the ethical debate? Do you want to discuss the legal issues? \n\nHere's one idea, since it's civics: Look at the one country where euthanasia is legal, Holland, and talk about whether the law there would be a good or bad model for the United States to follow. Is the enactment of such a law desirable? Would it be workable in the climate of the US given the polarization over the abortion issue? Is this something that could be enacted nationally or only statewide, as the mercy-killing law in Oregon. \n\nI've cited a few websites below that could be useful starting points, but you problem need to delve into hard-copy stuff, journals and books.\n\nHope this idea is helpful. Better get going.
1149383
well since the cells are from your own body... you're going to continue to be susceptible to genetic conditions.\n\ni guess, offhand, let's say you have cystic fibrosis and you want to have a lung transplant through therapeutic cloning.\n\nthe defect in the lungs is caused by a mutant gene that is present in your cells. because this gene is still present in the cloned cells, the cloned lung will have the same defect as the one you're looking to replace. so that's one problem.\n\nsince this hasn't been done yet, we can't tell for sure what complications could occur during the process of organ development and how that would impact the health of the transplantee.
223925
A lot of them are ethical and moral questions.   For example, if you were going to use cloned human cells for testing of a drug, where would you draw the line?  Somewhere between a cell and a fully grown human, but who gets to make that decision of where?\n\nOr a more far out question: Imagine if you could clone your favorite movie star, celebrity or anyone else to be your husband or wife?   How many copies of the same person would we have roaming around?   And even so, would that person want to be your husband and wife anyway?  Who would be that person's parents or next of kin?   Do you really have a right to "create" that person or treat them like property?  Are they a person?   \n\nDo you see how the idea of human cloning creates a lot of issues that wouldn't otherwise exist?