Living Organ Donor

What can be more important than a human life? And taking measures to save a life should be the most significant motive of the life saver. Therefore, any legal and ethical measures adapted by a person to save the life of another person would be valid, even if there is a need for organ donation. A debate on the issue has been going on for quite sometime. But the fact will remain intact that nothing matters when the question of saving a life arises! Organ donation is a breakthrough in treatment of hopelessly ill patients. Organ donation gives them a chance to relive their lives as healthy individuals.

Today many people rely on spiritual means of healing or other alternative therapies rather than medical. They are free, however, to choose whatever form of medical treatment they desire, including a transplant. The question of donation is left to the individual dedicated to helping people make informed decisions about the life-saving benefits of organ donation. People with specialty as preventive health, are active in the effort to increase knowledge about organ donation and publicize the need for more people willing to be donors (Geracimos, 1).

I think that every human being should be an organ donor for several reasons. Just think about it. If you were to ever leave this world without a warning and you had the chance to help somebody else from doing the same, would you help them? You may not know them but they live just like you; they probably have a family and ones who care about them. Don't be selfish and say that you don't want your body parts stolen after you die and given to someone else. You could bring happiness to another person's family by sharing life.

One of the greatest miracles of modern medicine is the ability to successfully transplant human organs, such as kidneys, corneas, and hearts, into humans who would die otherwise. At this very moment, 71,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. Seventeen of the unfortunate people die each day. For them the wait is now over.

Understanding the attitudinal factors that affect overall willingness to donate is important, but it is not sufficient to understand organ donation behavior. As much research in social psychology indicates, situational factors often serve to accentuate or inhibit a behavioral tendency that is derived from an underlying attitude. Toward that end, the Organ Donor Questionnaire used in these studies can also be used to investigate how alterations in the donation situation might affect people's willingness to donate. (Appel, 23-35)

Humanistic reasons would be primary to lead our society to endorse organ donation by living, healthy non-relatives. The potential benefits for the recipient would be an improved outcome and reduced preoperative and postoperative stress. From a utilitarian standpoint we could point to the cost advantage of successful transplantation. Religion might be thought to be a decisive factor in the donation process. However, in our experience, it appears not to be greatly decisive. All of the major religions support ...