Shayla Nham

Haslam

ENGL 1010

11 December, 2020

My research question is “ Should Organ Donors be Compensated?” I knew that the

waiting list was full of people. It takes about years for someone to finally get their organ that

they need. So, if people were paid to donate organs, it would help the waiting list go by faster

and shorter. I thought doing research would help make it more clear whether or not it should be

legalized.

Friedman, Amy L. “Payment for Living Organ Donation Should Be Legalised.” ​BMJ

(Clinical Research Ed.)​, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 7 Oct. 2006,

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1592395/.

The viewpoint for the article “ Payment for Living Organ Donation Should Be Legalised”

seems to lean more towards that they should be paid. This source fits into the debate because it

shares reasons why it would be beneficial. The author used a lot of logos through data and statics

to help back up their reasoning.This is a credible source because it is a .gov source.

Friedman talks about how there is a severe shortage of organ donors which leads to the

long wait for transplants. Since getting paid for organs is not legalized, there is a black market

that exists which Friedman brought awareness to. “​Lack of donors has led to some patients

contracting with organ brokers to purchase a kidney from a living donor. Because payment for

organs is illegal in most countries, people may travel to the donor's homeland for the

transplantation,” (Friedman). ​Friedman explains how everyone gets the benefits from the

transplant except the donor. Friedman thinks that legalising the payment for organs will improve
the safety for both the donor and recipients because it will help the recipient not turn to the

legalized market.

“Should Organ Donors Be Compensated?” ​WCM Newsroom​,

news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2009/02/should-organ-donors-be-compensated.

The WCM shares that over 100,000 people are on a waiting list for either a kidney or a

liver. WCM explains that some of the people in need will die because of the wait. WCM thinks

that because the patients have a desire to live, paying people to donate can help the patients'

lives . ​"Our laws say it can't, but our patients' desire to live will outpace our laws, so I think we

may as well face it and arrive at solutions that can provide for our society based on the great

need that exists. (WCW)."

The viewpoint for the source “ Should Organ Donors Be Compensated?” seemed to be

leaning towards that donors should be paid. It shared a lot of information about this topic so it

seems to be fitted into the debate. It used a lot of ethos and pathos. ONe way it used ethos and

pathos was, talking to credible doctors and sharing the emotions patients felt. After reading this

article I agreed more with them because their rhetorical aspects seemed to have grasped me and

made me feel connected.

Hansen, Author Amy Jeter, et al. “Compensation for Kidneys Would Help the Poor,

Study Finds.” ​Scope,​ Logo Left ContentLogo Right Content 10,000+ Posts Scope Stanford

University School of Medicine Blog, 29 Nov. 2018,

scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/11/28/compensation-for-kidneys-would-help-the-poor-study-finds/.

This article talks about why having compensations for kidneys would be hard. Hansen

talks about how most poor people would take up on this offer of selling their kidneys which
would lead to disproportionate numbers which leads to people receiving them disproportionally.

Hansen starts to share how much kidneys would go for and how much that could add up toward

the end of year. This amount shows how difficult it is to pay peo​ple for their organs since the

price of it would be very expensive. “​Such a program could also end the national shortage of

kidneys for transplantation. Each year, about 9,000 people are removed from the kidney

transplant waiting list because they die before they are matched with a donor or become too sick

to undergo the operation.” (Hansen). This quote explains that many people have died from

waiting so long on the waiting list. It helps showing how much donors are needed but yet they

aren’t sure if payment is the right way to go about it.

Hansen shares the amount of people who are removed from the waiting list due to

passing away, this is pathos it wants people to sympathize with and helps share the hard struggle

of the payment. Hansen then goes on to explain that the payment of a kidney seems to be

$75,000 not counting the medical bills. She uses data to help show that the amount of money for

an organ will be difficult to pay up because she worries where the money would come from. The

way she shared this information was through logos. Which helped me realize that the payment of

the organs would be really hard to pay and who would be the one paying the donors.

“Debate On Kidney Transplants: Should Donors Be Paid?” ​Kaiser Health News​, 4 Jan.

2016,

khn.org/morning-breakout/debate-on-kidney-transplants-should-donors-be-paid/.
 Kaiser Health News shares that organs should not be for sale because it is ethically

wrong. Kaiser Health News explains that organ donors would effectively increase the supply of

organs. They feel as if the payment of organs would ruin the reputation of organ transplant which

will lead to poor medical outcomes. “Should we treat people like human vending machines and

purchase their organs with cash? “ ( Kaiser Health News). This question helps share the message

that people should be treated better and not just be used for their organs.

This article uses a lot of pathos they want to dig deeper into your brain and get you to

start thinking. Kaiser Health News makes you think more about your worth and if you really

should be treated as a vending machine. It shares that this should be a moral thing whether you

want to donate your organs or not. They want to find better ways to find more donors than

paying people to sell their body.

“WAYS TO HELP.” ​Organ Donations,​

betteringorgandonations.weebly.com/ways-to-help.html.

This is a page that shows organ donation statistics. This shows the statistics at a glance of

people on the waiting list, transplants performed, and how donations are looking like 2019.

HRSA put these information together to help show people how the numbers are a bit hard in an

easier way. They did little facts about transplants so that people can just look at it at a glance and

get the idea of the numbers. For instance “ Everything 9 minutes another person is added to the

transplant waiting list” ( HRSA ).

HRSA used logos a lot by showing the statistics and data. But the differences in numbers

could also be pathos. Seeing how there is a big difference between the numbers of people on

waiting lists compared to how many transplants were performed has an affect on you. You feel
bad for how many patients are waiting for years and that some of them have passed away from

the long wait.

“Organ Donation Facts & Info: Organ Transplants.” ​Cleveland Clinic,​

my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/11750-organ-donation-and-transplantation.

This website helps me understand more about organ donation and transplants. It shares

which organs and tissues can be transplanted. The Cleveland Clinic helps people understand who

can be organ donors and how. They made this page to be useful to people who want to learn

more about becoming an organ donor. “ A living donation, such as the donation of one healthy

kidney or a segment of a healthy liver from a living human being to another, is arranged through

the individual transplant centers according to criteria they have in place. An Independent Donor

Advocate will represent the interests and well-being of the potential living donor” ( The

Cleveland Clinic ). This quote shares that you can be a living organ donor and how to do so. This

is helpful to people who want to take action right now.

The Cleveland Clinic used logos and ethos to help educate their views. They gained

readers trust by confidently sharing and helping their views with their logic. They structured

their information very well and easily so that it doesn’t confuse their readers. This is a very

beneficial page because it gives the simple run down of the organization and how it works.

My overall conclusion on compensation for organ donors still in the debate. I learned a

lot more about the debate. I was more on the side that organ donors should not be compensated

because it is ethically wrong. I don’t want people to feel like they are vending machines for their
organs. But the compensations could help many patients that are waiting for their desired organs

much faster. So this helped me learn both sides of the debate and be more educated on the topic.

I am happy with my research and the topics I have done.