Ethical Controversies in Organ Transplantation
Read this article describing the ethical questions surrounding kidney transplants. List the ethical dilemmas which arise surrounding the donation and scarcity of kidneys. Write a one paragraph position paper about one of those issues, arguing for your position with concrete arguments.
4. Types of organ donors
4.1.2. Benefits to living donation
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The operation can be pre-arranged so, the hot and cold ischemia will be minimized which will have a good impact on the transplantation outcome.
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There are often better matches between donors and recipients with living donation, because many donors are genetically related to the recipient.
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Psychological benefits for both the donors and recipients.
Not everyone encourages the practice of living donation for all people.