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- Organs that can be donated: heart, kidney, liver, lungs, pancreas, small intestine, eyes, skin, bones, veins and tendons
- 95,000 US patients waiting for transplantNational Kidney Foundation: 25 Facts About Organ Donation and Transplantation
- 4,000 new transplant patients each monthNational Kidney Foundation: 25 Facts About Organ Donation and Transplantation
- 17 patients die each day waiting for a donorNational Kidney Foundation: 25 Facts About Organ Donation and Transplantation
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Organ donation is the harvest of an organ or tissue from one individual to be transplanted into another. Organ donation can be done after brain death, after cardiac death or while the donor is alive for non-essential organs.
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History
There is an ancient Chinese story, dating back to the 4th century BC, describing a surgeon who switched the hearts of two soldiers. The first documented donation occurred in 1818 in which a man donated blood to his wife after she lost blood during childbirth. This blood donation was arranged by obstetrician, James Blundell. The first successful bone donation was in 1878. The bone as harvested from a dead donor. The first documentation of a skin graft was in 1881.The Gift of a Lifetime: History of Transplantation-
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Organ Donation Questions
Do you donate to charitable organizations? Why or why not? 2 AnswersI think it's better to donate time and effort than money, however, not everyone has that time to use. I guess money really is a donation of time too though sinc... read more
Are you an organ donor? Why or why not should a person donate their organs after their death? 12 AnswersI have an aunt who had kidney disease for most of her life, and was bedridden for for six years before she received a cadaver kidney transplant. That was over... read more
Why arent you an organ donor? What beliefs or concerns keep you from deciding to donate if you are ever in a position to do so? 7 AnswersThese are some Myths and religious belifs about Organ Donation Myth - If I donate my organs, my doctor or the emergency room staff won't work as hard to save my... read more
If you had to choose whom to donate an organ to, your spouse or your child, whom would you pick and why? 9 AnswersThat's a tough call. I love both my wife and my daughter. But if this will happen to me, I will choose my daughter. My wife will be happy with that, and I know ... read more
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Not really relevant to an organ donation debate though. I really must work.
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New organ donation ad. What is the the term for this threatening emotional blackmail again?
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Right, or indeed write, as that is what I am doing. "A post-mortem on an organ donation debate."
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Organ donation is a gift of a lifetime for Northampton man - Lehighvalleylive.com http://twa.lk/Fsb0P
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Scotch Plains woman to lead organ donation foundation - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com http://twa.lk/zUBoK
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