Organ Transplantation and Reproductive Technology.
Organ Transplantation and Reproductive Technology.
1.Organ Transplantation
- Judaeo Christian teaching says that organ transplantation is a gift of life to someone and is a benefit but not all religious traditions would agree with this concept.
- There are limitations and issues based on consent, sources of organs , buying and selling of organs on Black Market and private contracts with the poor in other countries.
- Some would say that people have a right to a transplant, others would disagree. How do you react to these questions?
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2.The Use of Reproductive Technology
The Science of Infertility has developed beyond belief in the last 25 years. The use of Genetic knowledge in the creation and manipulation of human life is big business.
Designer babies that are created with certain characteristics and physical traits are now a possibility due to the advancement of science. People with the ability to pay may now use this branch of science to produce their children.
- How do you react to this new branch of genetic knowledge to produce children?
- Is there any real difference between this science today and what Hitler’s Leibensporn experiment tried to accomplish to produce a master race?
- Do people have a right to have children?
- What does Judeo-Christian Tradition teach?
Phi 1010 Language of Organ Transplants
The First Organ Transplant Transplantation is the use of a healthy body part from a donor to be used in helping another person to live. The first transplants involved Blood Transfusions and Kidney Transplants. Chemical Rejection on the part of the recipient is always a constant issue.
Types of Transplants
Homoplastic/ Allograph –Human Being to Human Being Transplants
There are two terms above that are used to describe this form of transplant. A body part from one human being to another human being
There are two sources for human to human transplants
*Living person to living person
*Cadaver (dead person) to a living person
Heteroplastic/ Xenograph- Animal to Human Transplants In this form of transplant. A body part from an animal to a human being (Ex: certain large vessels and veins and other parts that can be used from specifically raised animals)
Judeo-Christian Tradition views transplantation as a Charitable Gift/ Sharing Life with another person who needs help to live
Some Religious Traditions reject or restrict certypes of transplantation on the basis it is a desecration of a human body/
Through Blood is lifeforce created by God not to be shared with other bodies, according to some interpretations of the Bible or other religious literature. Ex: Shinto, Christian Science,Jehovah’s Witnesses, Orthodox Judaism
The Question of the Right to a Transplant The Transplant Debate: Do human beings have a right to a transplant regardless of their ability to pay?
The Principle of Totality I may not give up more bodily parts than I need to live. May not sacrifice my life even with good intention.
Judeo-Christian Tradition / Respect for the Dead The bodies of the dead should be respectfully buried according to religious custom when the use of the body is over. This would include those who have donated their bodies for medical school training of doctors.
Proper Burial after Donation is a sign of respect since the body contained the LIFEFORCE and THE SPIRIT OF GOD(SOUL) of the person during their life.The boby is holy and should be respected after death.
Issues in Transplantation: Age, Cost, Sources of Organs Used in Transplantation (legal and illegal)sources
The National Organ Bank System (United States) In this country, organ transplantation is highly regulated. If a person is determined to need a transplant they are put on a national list with other patients. When organs become available the first criteria to be considered is the Chemical Match of the patient and donor. Other considerations are age, general health, and chronic conditions of recipient. The first issue in transplantation on the part of the recipient is always the CHEMICAL MATCH with the donor’s body. If the match is too remote,there can be total rejection. You also have the issue of the ability of the donor and recipient to withstand the rigor of the surgery. Whether the recipient has other serious medical conditions that could hinder the outcome for a successful transplantation.
Organ Selling vs Organ Donation Issue ( Pro and Con) There are some who would argue that people everywhere should be able to sell their organs for money. Donation is no longer realistic, there are more patients who need organs than there are people to donate. Paying money might be a motivation to supply more organs. There is a Black Market of Organ Selling in some countries. The rich who are able to pay can often procure organs from the poor in other countries. They have the ability to bypass the National Organ Bank System in America. Some countries have even built new facilities to allow such trade to occur. Many times the health of the poor donor is compromised because of the lack of care for them post surgery. (Watch video on this situation)
Note: If a patient has a relative or a friend who is willing to donate an organ to them and there is a chemical match the National Organ Bank System is avoided
Topic: Organ Transplantation READINGS: Medical Ethics by O’Boyle pg 249 Organ Transplantation / Chapter 13 in Shannon Text (Third edition) Chapter 15 in (Fourth edition) To Locate Catechism reading you may click on the site below #2288-2301, pp.551-553 .Beginning with Respect for the Dignity of Persons through Respect for the Dead. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P80.HTM 4 Videos: ( 2 on Youtube and two on links below) The Gift of Life/The Mayo Clinichttp://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/inside-mayo-clinic-organ-transplant-unit-gift-life- 19593011 The Organ Tradehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSTBpkaDzAg
Organ Transplantation and Reproductive Technology.
Organ Transplantation and Reproductive Technology.