Question

Does a person in need of an organ transplant have a moral right to obtain that transplant, supposing the availability of the needed organ? How should we choose who gets a transplant, supposing that there are not enough organs for all who need them?

Answer 1

Ans) Decision who gets the transplant is based on:

Under the National Organ Transplant Act, organ transplantation in the United States is overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

General principles, such as a patient's medical urgency, blood, tissue and size match with the donor, time on the waiting list and proximity to the donor, guide the distribution of organs.

- Dealing with the ethical and moral issues generated by the current advances in organ transplantation, the problem of organ supply versus organ demand and the appropriate allocation of available organs.

- It deals with the risks and benefits of organ donation from living donors, the appropriate and acceptable methods to increase organ donation from the deceased through the adoption of the principle of 'presumed consent', the right methods of providing acceptable appreciation and compensation for the family of the deceased as well as volunteer and altruistic donors, and the duties and responsibilities of the medical profession and society to help fellow humans.

Simply don't have enough donated organs to transplant everyone in need, so balancing factors of:

• justice (fair consideration of candidates' circumstances and medical needs), and
• medical utility (trying to increase the number of transplants performed and the length of time patients and organs survive).