In the recent decades, the gap between the demand for available organs and the supply has grown wider. It is becoming increasingly difficult for organ recipients to obtain their needed organ due to various issues concerning living and deceased organ donation. Throughout the paper the major topics discuss the legal and ethical issues that surround living and deceased organ transplantation, such as cultural interference, unneeded aggressive resuscitation, and the legal procedures of the deceased.
The four trans-cultural principles of medical ethics are beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice (Consolo, Wigmore 341). These are the main factors of what medical institutes take into consideration when making decisions concerning a patient. With living donation, the donor must have a full understanding and knowledge of what is at stake with the organ transplantation. Living donation is only possible through advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques which have reduced risks to the donor (Consolo, Wigmore 342). In China, living donation makes up a small portion of organ donation. Living organ donors are restricted to only donating to “the recipients’ spouses, lineal relatives, and
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Even though this is stressed, the Chinese culture and customs don’t take this into consideration. In Confucianism, there is a saying that is ‘“Blood is thick than water” and that the love among family members is selfless” (Wu, Lang, Li et. al 1876). In my cases, donors tend to sacrifice their own interests for the interests of their families or family members (Wu, Lang, Li et. al 1876). Also under the Confucian family values, the family tends to act as surrogate decision-makers for their relatives who have a severe illness. This goes against the requirements of medical ethics; this is in violation of the recipient’s right to informed consent (Wu, Lang, Li et. al