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Organ Donation (Societal matters (Hospital expenses, Evaluations of…
Organ Donation
Societal matters
Hospital expenses
Evaluations of candidates
Cost of procedure
Professional fees
Legal matters
Living donation - 16 years of age
Written consent
Donor card
Doctors have consent to use organs
Eligibility
Extend life
Improve quality of life
Waiting list
Hours to years
Who waited longest
Severity of illness
Compatible blood type
Innovation
Stem cells
Become various cells
Can be grown and transplanted into patient
Artificial devices
Provide function until organ is available
Associated with health problems
Living donors
More successful
Don't require anti-rejection drugs
Transplants
Heart
Can't sustain life
Obesity
Strokes
Kidney
Dialysis
Very common
Liver
Living can donate portion
Avoid alcohol and drugs
Process
Eligibility
Illness
Previous surgery
Brain death
Family consent
Option to donate or not
Form must be signed
Post-death
Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, small intestine
Tests
No age restrictions
Anatomy and Immunology
Successful transplant
1960
Twins
Kidney
1902 Alexis Carrel
Preformed transplants on animals
Survived a few days