An organ transplant is a surgical procedure that can be applied in human and animals, and it involves transplantation of body organs or tissue from deceased donors to recipients to save their lives. An organ is a collection of tissue that work together to perform a special function for the human body. In addition, organ transplant does not emphasize that all organs can be donated to recipients. In fact, only the solid organs in the body such as the heart, lungs, intestine, pancreas, liver and kidney can be donated for those who are waiting for an opportunity to improve their quality of life. Moreover, organ transplant gives the hope and the opportunity for critically ill patients to save their lives, and the concept of organ transplant becomes more prevalent after kidney transplant surgery that was successful in the 1950s.[1] Then, after the successful kidney transplant surgery, doctors begin to think in how they can transplant others organs successfully to minimize the morbidity and mortality rate.[1] In the past, organ transplant were considered experimental procedure that carry the chance of successfully as well as the risk of death, but fortunately organ transplant considers nowadays as a surgical treatment for many people with indications of organ transplant such as kidney failure, heart failure, liver cirrhosis and diabetes. For a patient who will undergo …show more content…
Finally, the benefits of organ transplantation with its great outcomes outweighs the ethical issues, and both the community and physicians should therefore approach organ transplant positively and objectively from the ethical, social and religious point of