Organ Shortage, Will Peoples Knowledge be a Path to the Solution? | Chapter 1 | Highlights on Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 12

A scarcity of organs Transforming death into life, as organ transplants represent, necessitates the death of someone, a technological marvel of our day, but also a social issue. Prejudices or ignorance prevent us from giving another human being life. Patients awaiting transplantation are “unfairly” dying every day as a result of this conflicted circumstance. States and Social Security should work together. be a part of the solution to this problem It will be critical to programme effective education in order to modify social attitudes on organ donation. Several studies also highlight the continued lack of transplantation training among university medical teams. The failure of societal communication on organ donation and transplantation leads to organ shortages and patient mortality on waiting lists. Propositions to In the current organ scarcity problem, reviewing social and university education may be an ethical duty for state health and education officials. Solidarity is a wonderful human emotion, but when a loved one dies, it does not appear to be a sufficient cause to provide permission to donate. Organ donation is seen as a bizarre and unjustified act of mutilation by many individuals. In light of the negative reactions that can arise when the option of deciding on organ donation for a loved one is mentioned, we have advised that the following themes be included in social education plans:

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Professor Félix Cantarovich
Catholic University Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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