The Benefits Of Organ Donation

Organ Donation

Donna Vega

West Coast University

Abstract

Organ donations plays a major role in health care today. With thousands of people all across the United States in need of an organ transplant, organ donations have become a benefit. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of organ donors because of the myths and facts associated with organ donation. With many people being placed on a waitlist, there are very few people willing to be donors. In addition, factors such as complications during surgery, incompatibility between donor and recipient, and surgical procedures can inhibit the likelihood of one undergoing organ donations. Aside from the disadvantages, organ donations also has its advantages such as giving a life to a person

For instance, by choosing to donate one’s organs, a person is helping save lives. Living organ donors may choose to help save the lives of their close relatives, while donors who are deceased may help others in critical condition to have another chance in life (Pro & Con Organ Donation, 2014). Every year in the United States the population of organ transplant patients increase. In addition, on a daily average, those waiting for an organ do not make it. Therefore, each individual who is a potential donor can help improve as many as 50 lives (Pro & Con Organ Donation, 2014). Another advantage to organ donation is when donors receive appreciation from transplant recipients. People decide to be organ donors because it gives them a sense of fulfillment and gives a second chance to those who need it the most. Furthermore, donating one’s organs can benefit individuals from encountering health treatment costs (WebMD, 2015). Currently, the cost for organ transplants varies from $200,000 up to $1.2 million dollars in the United States (Pro & Con Organ Donation, 2014). For example, a sick patient, who takes numerous amounts of expensive medications or treatments for a certain organ, that is not functioning correctly, can benefit from an organ transplant. Also, if a donor is to have their organs transplanted into another individual, the cost of the procedure may be covered by the transplant patient and their family or from the help of an organ transplant program (WebMD, 2015). Families of donors faced with the demise of their loved ones may look beyond the death and accept that their beloved is saving someone else 's life. Due to this, families may have a sense of emotional attachment in knowing that a part or parts of their loved one will continue in someone else 's body (Pros & Cons Organ Donation, 2014). In addition, health care professionals and nurses