Essays on Organ Transplant

Organ Donation: A Contentious Debate Organ donation has been a contentious debate since it encompasses the harvesting of body parts from one person and the transplant to another individual, an undertaking which touches on human morality and ethics. The perception of organ donation as a controversial subject has seen the society...

Organ trade is undoubtedly one of the biggest issues most countries are being faced with. On February 8th, five individuals were charged for allegedly being involved in the activity of illegal trafficking of dozens of kidneys for transplant. The illicit transplant network that included a re-known nephrologist obtained their kidneys...

On January 6th 2016, Nancy Scheper Hughes from the University of California, a organs watch director, an advisor to the UN, the EU and WHO wrote on the Washington Post about organ donation. She expressed concern that even if you get an individual willing to sell his or her Kidney...

In many aspects, the early postoperative nursing care for both the recipient and donor in renal transplantation is similar to that of any other major surgical treatment (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014). The emphasis is mostly on maintaining physiological homeostasis through electrolyte and fluid balance. Wound treatment is also essential. The...

The Transfer of Organs and Tissues The transfer of a tissue or organ from one portion of the body to another, or from one individual to another, or from one animal to another, is referred to as a transplant (Baillie, McGeehan, Garrett, & Garrett, 2013). The transplant procedure involves surgically removing...

The Outcome of Kidney TransplantsThe outcome of a kidney transplant depends on a variety of variables. Depending on the donor's age and whether or not they were still alive when they made the donation, the transplants likewise have varying life periods. The success of a transplant procedure is crucial in...

Harvesting of Organs The International Society describes organ harvesting for Human Rights (ISHR) as the deliberate killing of people to sell their body parts for transplantation. The bodies of "suspected donors" are cremated (ISHR, 2017). Not all countries worldwide engage in the heinous activity, but a few stand out, including China,...

Introduction One of the biggest miracles of today's science is the successful transplantation of human organs into patients that would otherwise die. The Department of Health and Human Services indicates that there are actually 119,000 people in the United States, enough to populate a small town, waiting for organ donation. Thousands...

Complications of Brain Transplants Several complications will follow conducting brain transplants even with the most advanced technologies. The brain reflects an individual's identity and personality, and a healthy brain donor and a brain dead recipient are necessary for successful brain transplants. To transplant a brain from a healthy person to a...