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As our knowledge of surgical and diagnostic techniques has increased with time, so has the success rate of organ transplants. However, the number of patients who require organ transplants exceeds the number of organs available, particularily if the patient has a rare blood type or belongs to an ethnic minority where organ donations are even lower than normal. For example, although black people are three times more likely than the general population to develop kidney failure, and the Asian community has a particularly high demand for organs, organ donation within these groups is relatively low. It is important for the donor and recipient to have the same blood type and similar genetic make-up in order to minimize the change of the receiver's body rejecting the organ. More than 10,000 people in the UK currently need a transplant, and 1,000 people die every year while on the waiting list. In the US, over 100,000 people are still on the waiting list. Although these figures are astonishing in themselves, the genuine figure is probably higher, inflated by the deaths of patients who are never waitlisted for a transplant. Some patients are never placed on the waiting list because they have certain habits - such as smoking - and the precious few organs available are prioritised for patients who fit recipient categories.
The sale of human organs offers a possible solution to this crippling shortage of organs. There is already an established black market trade in organs. Entrepreneurs offer British and Westurn patients the opportunity to receive privately financed transplants in countries such as India and Malaysia. In 2006, investigators discovered that Chinese hospitals were providing organ transplants using the organs of executed prisoners. In 1983, Dr. Barry Jacobs requested that the US government should create a fund to compensate the families who donate the organs of their deceased relatives. He also proposed a business plan to buy kidneys from living donors to transplant to American patients. Howevr, these is still plenty of opposition to these ideas, and the National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984 still prohibits the sale of human organs from both dead and living donors
The proposition line could argue that organs are the property of the donors, and so they have a right to do with them as they wish. In this case of buying human organs, it is much easier to argue that the profits would go to the donor rather than (for example) hospitals or governments which may not have a vested interest in those concerned. It would be useful to outline in the mechanism that these organs will be transferred through a unique medical group or business which has the technology available to match up donors to potential recipients and so avoid potential medical complications as far as possible. After this, it would be like any other financial transaction. This debate will focus on the United Kingdom, but the arguments would be relevant to most countries considering this policy change.
would be like any other financial transaction
potential medical complications
as avoid potential medical complications as far as possible
available to match up donors to potential recipients
will be transferred through a unique medical group
would be useful to outline in the mechanism that these organs will be transferred through a unique medical group
a vested interest
which may not have a vested interest in those concerned
the profits would go to the donor
the profits would go to the donor rather than hospitals or governments
in the case of buying human organs
as they wish
the proposition line could argue that organs are the property of the donors
still prohibits the sale of human organs from both dead and living donors
the National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984
is still plenty of opposition to these ideas
to transplant to American patients
living donors
proposed a business plan to buy kidneys from living donors to transplant to American patients
who donate the organs of their deceased relatives
requested that the US government should create a fund to compensate the families
using the organs of executed prisoners
discovered that Chinese hospitals were providing organ transplants using the organs of executed prisoners
privately financed transplants
to receice privately financed transplants
Entrepreneurs offer British and Westurn patients the opportunity to receive privately financed transplants in countries
an established black market trade in organs
offers possible solution to this crippling shortage of organs
who fit recipient categories
the precious few organs available are prioritised for patients who fit recipient categories
are never placed on the waiting list because they have certain habits
inflated by the deaths of patients who are never waitlisted for a transplant
the genuin figure is probably higher
in themselves
these figures are astonishing in themselves
while on the waiting list
currently need a transplant
similar genetic make-up in order to minimize the chance of the receiver's body rejecting the organ
is important for the donor and recipient to have the same blood type
organ donation within these groups is relatively low
has a particularly high demand for organs
to develop kidney failure
are three times more likely than the general population to develop kidney failure
ethnic minority
belongs to an ethnic minority where organ donations are even lower than normal
who require organ transplants exceeds the number of organs available
has the success rate of organ transplants
with time
as our knowledge of surgical and diagnostic techniques has increased with time