Discussion about the organ transplantation: An irreconcilable conflict

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

05/13/2009

Category :

Science & technology

Sub category :

Medical studies

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Summary :

Introduction
The evolution of the technique of transplantation
Conflict in the current legal regime
The threat for human autonomy
The legal regulations in respect to transplantation
Setting up an ethical market for organ transplantation
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

According to the United Kingdom (UK) Transplant website , 9000 people in this country are currently in need of an organ transplant. However less than 3000 transplants are performed each year. What is true at the scale of the UK is also verified worldwide. There is an important lack of organs. transplantation seems to be a sort of a medical miracle . In brief it consists of receiving organs from someone else to make them ours. More specifically organ transplant is the transfer of an entire organ from a donor person alive or already dead to a recipient. The transplantation implies connecting the new organ to the nervous and circulatory systems of the recipient. Performing such an operation is, most of the time, a question of life saving, the unique chance for the patient to survive. In some cases however it can also be used to improve the comfort life of a patient. This is particularly true in the case of cornea transplant.

Life is not threatened by the disease but people can have their life improved by having their sight restored. However, organ donation should not be confused with the donation of body products such as sperm and eggs. Indeed these donations do not distort the body definitively whereas the organ donation does. Even though, the question of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) viewed as organ transplantation could be discussed.