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The Pros And Cons Of Organ Transplantation

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Should executed criminals be used as a source of organs for transplants?

Organ transplantation is a surgical procedure, which involves replacing a diseased or failing organ with a healthier one (Pfizer). For many people organ transplantation is a life saving treatment, which improves the quality and length of life for the individual (Donate life). Unfortunately the worldwide issue is that the number of patients in need of organ transplantations greatly surpasses the supply of organs available (A Caplan). Therefore patients must wait months, or years for an organ, some will even die waiting for organ transplants (HuangJiefu et al). Substantial evidence from the Hastings centre founded that ‘Every day about a dozen people in the United States die waiting for organ transplants.’

In recent years, the Republic of China has used executed prisoners as a their primary source of organs, to meet the organ demands, (A, Caplan). In response to this, organisations such as the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant and the World Medical Association are outraged and condemn the practise as a violation of human rights (Katrina Hui, 2013). However it …show more content…

In contrast there is the opinion that using organs from executed prisoner’s (which would otherwise be wasted) has the potential to save many lives. Other underlying complications include a prisoner’s lack of informed consent, the free choice and rights of their organs, the contribution prisoners organs would make to organ shortages for transplants and poor of quality of organs (A, Caplan), (optn.transplant.hrsa.gov), (Hwr, 1994). To come to a fair conclusion two perspectives must be considered: prisoners and potential organ receivers, as ultimately they are the individuals, which are directly effected by this

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