Organ Donation – Assignment 3

Introduction
The case that is discussed in the yellow book is based on organ donation. The case shared some
information about organs either its donation should be done in open market or not. After
analyzing the case, three myths are selected from nine myths that are shared by Mayo article.
The three myths that would be covered in this assignment are;

1. Organ donation is against my religion,

2. I am too old; no one want my organs,
3. I am in poor health, which makes me an unsuitable candidate (Inch, 1989).

Facts
Numerous facts are there that make organ donation important. It save lives of individual.
Therefore, donating organs can be very beneficial (Arshad et al, 2019). Transplant operations
have become considerably more frequent and have significantly higher survival rates because to
surgical advancements, improved antirejection medications, and new diagnostic as well as tissue-
matching methods. In U.S alone, and over 2,300 patients get hearts each year, with
approximately 85 % surviving for at minimum a year (Ríos et al, 2015). And it's not only hearts
that get transplanted. Kidneys, hearts, tissue samples, corneas, pancreases, and sometimes even
faces have all been successfully replaced by surgeons. Over 28,000 organ transplants and 46,000
corneal transplants were done in the United States in 2011. The number of procedures done and
survival rates continue to rise, as do success stories.

Values
Organs are very essential in the human system. They play particular functions in keeping us alive
and healthy. If an organ fails, person only has a certain period of time before it becomes sick or
dies. Hundreds of thousands of individuals all around the globe need organ transplants. The
demand for organs, on the other hand, outnumbers the supply (Zhang et al, 2015). Organ
Donation, Equation currently, 123,000 individuals are seeking for an organ transplant. Every 12
minutes, a new name is added to organ donation waiting list. More than 6,500 individuals a year,
or approximately 21 patients each day, die waiting for an organ. Organ donation may be divided
into two categories: alive and dead. Organ transplants have the potential to dramatically improve a
person's health or even save their life (Citerio et al, 2016).
Myth 1: Organ donation is against my religion,
This is not a fact. No religion deny to donate any organs to safe human life. Even in the religion
like Islam (Muslims). They do donate the organs in their life and even after death. So, this
statement is a myth.

People have spread wrong information as fallacies because it doesn’t contain any evidences.
Therefore, it is not true.

Myth 2: I am too old; no one want my organs

This is the second statement that is not a fact. This again contain false claim, organs have
nothing to do with age. Even though, there are many people who have good organs in old age,
and some have not healthy organs even in youngster’s age.

Therefore, it is again a myth because organs health differ from person to person. There is no
relation of organ donation with age. It is a fallacy.

Myth 3: I am in poor health, which makes me an unsuitable candidate.

Poor health does not mean poor organs. The person does not know about his organs health
therefore, again this is a myth. This is not a fact as it is not true. The doctor check for the health
and organs, take all the necessary precaution before going for donating process.

If the organs are healthy then doctor takes time so that person recovers before donating the
organ. But it is not true that a person cannot be a suitable candidate. This is again a false claim.
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