Friday, February 8, 2019
"The Post-Mortem People" And Ethics?
Prior to reading The Post-Mortem People short story, please
read/discuss/review the following medical articles taken from The New
England Journal Of Medicine- 9 Ethical Considerations In Living Donation; Philosophy Of Organ Donation.
What are your thoughts? How do these articles make you think about
ethics? Please respond and react to your class discussion and individual
thinking. This blog response is due by 3:40p.m. on Mon., Feb. 11th.
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Organ donation is justified and ethical as long as everything is in place first. The donor must be willing (it's donation, not stealing), and must have no chance of survival either way. I think of car accidents, but what if someone wanted to give up their organs just because they could? Is it ethical for a doctor to disassemble someone who doesn't want to live for the purpose of saving someone who does? Medically, that would be hard to do, but it may become a problem in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think that this article is very interesting in how it makes us think about the ethics of organ donations. Because the amount of organs available from people have died is not enough, real people must donate part or their whole organ. This can create a moral issue in the person who needs the organ. This is because there is a risk with giving their organ to someone else. There is also a ethics issue of the person willingly donating, and there their level of understanding. I do think that organ donation is a good thing, but there are some ethical issues.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts after reading the articles is the comments about how organs are all donations and not up for sale this is good because it gives everyone the same chance at getting an organ. This prevents the rich who also need an organ to receive one earlier then other people who cant afford but have been waiting longer. However I do like the thought of someone getting paid for donation there organ but not somone paying for that organ.
ReplyDeleteRegarding a doctor's promise to never hurt anyone, I think organ transplants aren't hurting anyone. Obviously it depends on where it it happening, but I think an organ transplant adds to a human life much more than it takes away.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I could gather, The articles talk about how doctors have ethical crisis when they perform an organ harvest upon living patients as their oath calls for them to do no harm. However I find this to be strange as the patients have signed themselves up for the harvest and are willing to suffer the risks (i.e. pain/disability/death) to save the life of another in need. Yet the doctors are afraid to cause this pain upon the patients when they harvest and may cause the organs to not be harvested in time.
ReplyDeleteThese articles showed me the reasoning of why they do organ donations Ethics are moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity which explains the reasoning behind organ donations.
ReplyDeleteas it states in the artical "Cognitive development and pediatric consent to organ donation. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics" what this means is that the organ donar follows and used ethics to support and supply
ReplyDeleteI think that organ donation is an important thing. It is saving the life of another. However, it is only right is the person giving the organ is willing to donate it. There can be a lot of issues with donation organs. People have to be willing to donate, people have to give their whole organ, people that need to organ might have a problem etc. I don't know how I truly feel about the matter but I feel that if someone wanted to die to save someone else wouldn't be their call? I think so.
ReplyDeleteI think this article was very interesting and thought provoking , because there are more people being born each second then there are dying and that causes problems for people that need the transplants because there will be more and more people that need new organs and this causes a problem where there almost has to be everyone giving up a kidney or a lung and that's where ethics comes in it's all up to the person inside to choose weather to be charitable or greedy but what do I know i'm just a high schooler running on 0 sleep
ReplyDeleteI do think that organ donation and transplants are a necessity for medicine and also a gift to people who need them to survive but because of the shortage there are going to be some issues. Because of the shortage some people are going to be left without what they need but thats a part of medicine. If I could change it I would but unfortunately thats just the way that it is because you cant create new origins. But when it comes to who gets what I think that the system that they have now is as fair and ethical as its going to get.
ReplyDeleteI don't know a lot about the topic of organ donation as none of my family members have needed an organ transplant and I don't have an close friends that have dealt with this issue. I think this discussion about the ethics of donating organs is a complicated issue and can differ depending on the situation. For the most part my perspective of living donation is a positive one due to the fact that transplanting helps saves people's lives and reduces patients waiting time, as the first article states. The article also states that some doctors believe it violates the traditional first rule of medicine that states "above all, cause no harm", but people decide if they want to donate so really a life is saved no harm is caused. However, if an organ is harvested without consent or it is used, knowing it will go to the waste I think that crosses the line. The Post- Mortem People shows an extreme case that should never happen. Creating balance and being aware of moral issues is always important in these types of situations.
ReplyDeleteI have never really thought of organ donation as a controversial topic until reading these articles. Although organ transplants and donations are vital to the medical community, it is important to consider the organ donor. The doctor should recognize how both lives will be affected by the transplant. The Post-Mortem People is a warning to what can happen if organ transplantations are taken too far.
ReplyDeleteDonation of organs is an ethical and intelligent process of saving or extending someone's life a significant amount of time. In order for organ donation to take place, there must be guidelines or rules one must follow in order to follow through with this process. In order to donate an organ one must be willing and able to give up an organ. Some people donate while still alive some donate when dead, but most people are unable to get an organ if they are in need of one. That is one of the downfalls to organ transplants is the amount of time it takes to get an organ for someone right away.
ReplyDeletePrior to reading The Post-Mortem People short story and after reading/discussing/reviewing the three medical articles taken from The New England Journal Of Medicine my thoughts are that it is a good system in which the organs are not for sale so everyone is placed on a waiting list making it first come first serve which is fair in a way but we also need more people to donate their organs because there are still so many people on the waiting list. These articles make me think about ethics because the definition of ethics is “Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior,” and whether you believe that organ donation is justified or not is based on your moral principles.
ReplyDeleteI think that the ethics of donating organs is good because once a person dies and has organs that work, there could be a living human who needs that organ to live a longer life. I like that that is an option for people who need organs. The story of the Post-Mortem people and characters were creepy, but there were points that made sense, I don't think it's fair to stalk people to sell their organs though.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how they make you think about the ethics behind organ donating because most people don't question it. I think that it is fair to have a first come first serve to organs, but I think it should go to people who need it more. Also, if someone can't afford it, it shouldn't effect if they get what they need or not. I think that organ donating is justified.
ReplyDeleteIt should be a person's choice to be a donor after death there's no ethics there. The debate is all in the question of can people give up their organs for others? What if they were being forced to by someone? Also morally how could a doctor harvest a living person's organs, they have no way to be sure they aren't being pressured or not in the right mindstate. Plus there's never a 100% chance of a procedure going well.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article, my opinion on organ donation did not change. I think organ donation is ethical because it is donating. The main point is that people are given a chance to choose what to do with their body, whether they are alive or by way of a will.
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