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CBHD: Human Dignity and the Organ Supply - Gregory W. Rutecki CBHD: Human Dignity and the Organ Supply - Gregory W. Rutecki Home > Articles > Health Care and Clinical Ethics Email Services | News Media | Search About CBHD Articles Conferences Speaker/Consultant Bureau Shop@CBHD Join/Support CBHD Bioethics Biotechnology Cloning Death and Dying Genetics Health Care and Clinical Ethics Reproductive Ethics Stem Cell ResearchBook ReviewsCase StudiesMovie Reviews News Archive Links to Additional Bioethical Material Human Dignity and the Organ Supply: Do Proposed Solutions to the Current Crisis Measure Up? by Gregory W. Rutecki Printer-Friendly Version Gregory W. Rutecki, MD, is Director of Medical Education at Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, and Fellow of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Post Date: February 11, 2003 Organ transplantation has developed its very own prime directive: the generation of a greater supply of transplantable organs. The reason for this may be the only simple part of an increasingly complex equation because the laudable goal, an adequate supply of organs retrieved in timely fashion and transplanted into critically ill patients, has remained far from reality. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit organization established by Congress in 1984 that seeks to encourage organ donation and distribute available organs equitably. Currently, an average of seventeen people die each day following a futile wait for organs on the UNOS waiting list. There are just not enough organs to go around. In 2001, 6400 people in need of a transplant died before an organ became available. In the case of single organs such as livers, there is at least a ten-percent mortality rate among those awaiting a transplant--an estimate that is most certainly too low.1 Unfortunately, end-stage liver disease does not permit the luxury of time. During the 1990s, approximately 13,000 people were added to the waiting list for livers, while only 1549 livers were donated. Statistics for other organ waiting lists are equally grim. Full Article: http://www.cbhd.org/resources/healthcare/rutecki_2003-02-11.htm |
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