The Donors Should Be Paid for the Organs, Outline Example

Paper statement: Donors or the members of their families should be paid in order to increase the donation rates and supply the high demands for organs.

Current Juridical State of Organ Donation and Transplantation in Europe and the U.S.

Legislation within the European Union – Opt-in vs. Opt-out system  and the Human Tissue Act of 2006 (Bridley, 2008)

Legislation in the United States

• Anatomical Gift Act of 2006 and the unification of state laws on donation (Uniform Law Commission, 2010)
• Approving of the consent in the driver’s license to facilitate the donation process

Supply and Demand for Organ Transplants

Factors that increase the demand on organ transplants (Organ Transplants, 2008)

• Population Ageing as the social cause of increase in demand on organ transplants
• Hypertension as the cause of cardiac failure
• Obesity and Diabetes as the leading cause of kidney failure

The Sources of Organs for Transplanting (Organ Transplantants, 2008)

• Road deaths
• Strokes and heart attacks

Fear of professional failure among doctors as a cause of a lack of donors in rich countries (Organ Transplantants, 2008)

Demand on and the Supply for Organ Transplantants in the United States (Moskop, 2000)

Conclusion – the state approved system of payment for donated organs should be installed. The donors or the members of their families (in case of donor’s death) should receive money contribution for the donated organ.

Works cited

Brindley, M. “Remedying Donor Organ Complications”. Health News. 2008. 30 Oct 2011. Available at:< http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/10/27/remedying-donor-organ-complications-91466-22122353/>

Moskop, J. “Increasing the Supply of Transplant Organs: Prospects and Problems”. Ethics & Health Care. Volume 3: Number 1. 2000. 30 Oct 2011. Available at:< http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/medhum/newsletter/v3n1organs.cfm>

Organ Transplants. “The Gap between Supply and Demand”. The Economist. 2008. 30 Oct 2011. Available at:< http://www.economist.com/node/12380981>

Uniform Law Commission. “Anatomical Gift Act (2006). The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. 2010. 30 Oct 2011. Available at:< http://www.nccusl.org/Act.aspx?title=Anatomical%20Gift%20Act%20%282006%29>