In four pages the condition known as multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is defined and its impact and treatment examined. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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organs from the body of one human being to that of another. This ability is a miracle to say the least. Unfortunately, blacks are among the least likely
of candidates either to receive or to donate organs. The reasons for this phenomenon revolve around fear and misconceptions. Many blacks are afraid to undergo the complex surgical
procedures which are involved in organ transplant and many resist signing over any rights to their body parts both on the basis of spiritual beliefs and fear that their lives
would be prematurely ended in order to expedite the harvest of those body parts if they found themselves in a debilitated condition. At the same time, however, blacks comprised
one of the largest racial categories of those individuals awaiting body parts. As of 1994, for example, blacks accounted for one third of all people waiting for kidneys (Hansen
PG). At the same time blacks are among the least likely to donate kidneys. The Catch 22 situation which results is the same for other critical body parts
as well. This scenario is to a large degree attributable to ill found beliefs and misperceptions held by blacks regarding organ donation.
Anyone who has had the opportunity to spend time with an individual who has received a transplanted kidney, liver or even a heart, appreciates the phenomenal accomplishments which have been
made possible by medical science. Today the chances of surviving after an organ transplant have improved from the fifty percent of just two decades ago to ninety percent (Bragg
PG). When this individual is a loved one, that appreciation is even more heart felt. Not all aspects of organ transplant are associated with positive feelings, however.