Ethics and morals relate to “right” and “wrong” conduct. While they are sometimes used interchangeably, they are different: ethics refer to rules provided by an external source, e. g. , codes of conduct in workplaces or principles in religions. Morals refer to an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong. (Ethics and Morals, 2014) Within the world, there are a lot of contemporary issue that raise ethical and moral questions. Organ donation is a debate that is continually at the forefront of consideration in Australian.
Sadly, an average of 21 people die each day because the organs they require are not donated in time. This then leads to people thinking and discussing through two ethical issue that arise. First is that ‘Do I donate my organs after death to help those in need and the second question is that ‘Do I give consent to a relative who has just died to donate their organs and/or tissues? Australia is currently using the in system where you have to register to become a donor. 2. 0 PART ?. 2. 1 See Organ donation begins with discussions at home on whether to donate or not to donate an individual’s your organs or tissues.
If the discussion went well at home, the donor will then opt to donate his or her organs leading to an operation that will take place within a local hospital. The organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the recipient). This procedure can occur as often as an organ is ready to be donated. There are a number of stakeholders involved in this process, these include, the recipient, the donor, families, social works and hospital staff. Organ donation can affect those nvolved in both a physical and mental way. The causes of this issue are that there are not enough donors, but heaps of people on the waiting list. There are over 1600 people on the Australia organ transplant waiting list at any time but there are only 18 people that donate each day. If Australia was to adopt the opt out system this would lower the number of people that die each day because there will be more organs available.
This will allow Australia to see how high the percentage of lives saved each day just because of one little move. . 2Judge Organ donation has raised many ethical, moral and societal issues. The relevant matters to Organ donation are family pressures, the medical considerations for the prospective donor and recipient and the need for free and informed decisionmaking. There needs to be equal access to transplantation and not based on any criteria. The best way to avoid this would be to adopt the opt out system because there would be organs and tissues available to possibly every different individual.
Jesus would want the best for his people, which indicates that he will mean that he wants us to stay alive as long as possible and get the most out of each breath. As Matthew says in the New Testament (7:12) ‘So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. ‘ The need to respect all different religious beliefs and viewpoints gives added important to ensuring that each person makes an informed decision about donation in accordance with their religious and cultural belief system.
The vast majority of religious support organ and tissue donation as an act of charity and good will. 2. 3 Act Organ donation Australia encourages the public to read more and discover the benefits of organ donation than they will realize the positive outcome they will receive if they sign up. There are a couple of starting points that we can do to improve the situation of not enough organ donors. One is to spread the word to Australia about the ongoing need for organ donation so there for the more people that are informed about it the more people that will sign up to support.
Word of mouth’, will also start up a much needed conversation regarding whether or not they should donate. The second pointer which will help improve things will be to do a letter box drop in your local area of the registration form for organ donation so it’s easier and convenient for people to sign up. The last one would be out the community’s best interest to have a vote to whether or not change Australia’s system to opt out. This will then display that everyone has the same opinion about how opt out will increase the amount of lives saved significantly.
An action that I could take up to inform people about organ donation is to start a Facebook page titled “Join the move for Australia to adopt the opt out organ donations system. ” This page will educate the population of Australia on the benefits of organ donation therefor everyone will want to help save lives. These actions can seem very little yet are very effect in regards to help us to rapidly grow organ donation within Australia. 3. 0 PART B 3. 1 Where would I draw the line?
I would draw the line in regards to Organ Donation in Australia at that if you’re eligible to donate it is compulsory to donate. This means that everyone has to donate, the only reason that there will be an expectance of not donating is that if the donor has serious health problems. Spain is leading country with the highest rate of organ donation worldwide because they use this current system (opt out). If Australia implement this system, not only would there be more lives saved but families will gain a sense of comfort.
