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In six pages this paper discusses how to clarify the confusion associated with donating organs and how organ donation rates can be improved through education that can lead to changing attitudes. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.
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in medical science and pharmacology have made successful life-saving transplantation of organs for many of these ailing patients a reality (Verheijde et al., 2007). But the demand for organ
donations has far exceeded the supply of them for transplanting to a point where according to Verheijde et al. (2007) there is "an evolving national health care crisis" (p. 1).
Why are there still too few organs being donated? According to a 1983 Gallup Organization survey, 93 percent of Americans are familiar with organ transplants and what they
are (Koop, 1983). Of those, 72 percent stated they would be inclined to donate a loved ones kidney after death and 50 percent stated they would donate the kidneys
of their children in an accidental death situation (Koop, 1983). However, when it came to these individuals donating their own kidneys, only 24 percent stated they would do so,
and those who were more inclined to donate this organ were of higher education than those who would not (Koop, 1983). According to one research study that was conducted
in the 1980s, the reasons why individuals are hesitant to donate organs is rooted in a lack of available knowledge, fear of complications by potential donors and family members of
potential donors, and inadequate communication between health care professionals and laypersons (Koop, 1983). One way to improve organ donation would be to clarify the confusion associated with establishing the proper
criteria for determining what death means and the various concepts of death. Death has been socially defined as being "either the whole brain or the heart and lungs ceasing
to function" (Iserson, 1999, p. 2367). Now, the definition of brain death is, "the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem" (Truog, Christ, Browning,
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