Is It Time For Rethinking America s Organ Transplant Law

Carol Lee English 1B Professor Gurnett 27 January 2015 Is It Time to Reevaluate America s Organ Transplant Law? A woman sitting in a doctor’s office blankly stares at the wall in complete disbelief; she is frozen, motionless, trying to comprehend and process the wretched news that had just been disclosed to her. The doctor waits one minute before he begins talking again, and then informs her that she will be needing a kidney transplant. He places her on the waiting list behind thousands of other hopeful recipients like herself, who await day after day for the arrival of good news, although most of them will never receive it. Currently, there are over 120,000 Americans on the waiting list to receive an organ (Alter). This incredibly high number of people in need of an organ transplant is the tragic outcome of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, which prohibited the sale of human organs and almost all forms of compensation (Monti). The act was originally intended to prevent exploitation of the poor, who found that selling their own organs to the wealthy was a quick and easy way to earn large amounts of money. Over the years, it became more evident that banning organ donor compensation actually discriminated against the poor rather than protected them, by ensuring that only the wealthy could afford such operations. Since the act went into effect, the demand for organs has greatly increased by a whopping 1,200% while the supply for organs has basically remainedShow MoreRelatedDeath with Dignity Essay4339 Words   |  18 Pagesuse the method. c. The Death with Dignity National Center 2. Oregon state and Washington state legalizing the method. d. The legal way the process is suppose to be administered. e. The drugs that are prescribed. f. The law and physician requirements to fulfill the patients last request. 3. Montana and its different view point. g. The court’s ruling on physician assisted suicide. 4. Will Massachusetts be the next state to legalize the death with dignityRead MoreIntroducing the History of Marketing Theory and Practice11077 Words   |  45 Pagesbalance to the history of marketing than is generally seen in introduction and advanced texts alike, we provide numerous examples of non-US marketing theory and practice. As will be shown, not all countries adopted key marketing practices at the same time as they were discussed by US marketing scholars. Some countries like the UK, for example, turned to formal marketing education relatively late, even if the UK did have a number of companies and entrepreneurs who were naturally marketing oriented fairlyRead MoreProject Mgmt296381 Words   |  1186 PagesG.1 The project manager App. G.7 Political and social environments F.1 Integration of project management processes [3.1] 6.5.2 Setting a schedule baseline [8.1.4] 6.5.3.1 Setting a resource schedule 6.5.2.4 Resource leveling 7.2 Setting a cost and time baseline sche dule (1.3.5) [8.1.3] 6.5.2.3 Critical chain method Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Reducing Project Duration Leadership Chapter 2 Organization Strategy and Project Selection 1.4 Projects and programs (.2) 1.4.1 Managing the portfolio 1