How far is it viable to forego consent in harvesting organs? What recommendations and guidelines would you implement to solve this problem?
From my opinion it is definitely not viable to forego consent in harvesting.
Firstly, every person , dead or alive, should possess the freedom to rule themselves, or rather human rights, and thus the deceased decision, unless stated in a will, should be passed to the next of kin, the person who has the most rights to rules and to make decisions for the decease, thus all harvesting of organs should be agreed by the family before any action is taken. Thus, it is noit viable at all the forego the consent.
Secondly, it could also be seen as stealing. In other parts of the world, organ trading is prominent, and thus every healthy working organ would worth a fortune and thus , harvesting without the permission or the "purchase" would be so-called stealing which is something that the government should not encourage or do.
Hence, it is definitely not viable to forego the consent before harvesting.
I suggest that the government change the Human Organ Transplant Act, to a form that every action have to be agreed by the next of kin before action taken and hence this will create a clearer and less complex situation, reducing all possibilities of complication.
I think that the government should also allow organ trading. Although it might seem morally wrong, we must still agree that the benefit outweigh the cost. Thus, with implementation of organ trading, we are going to boost economy with more aspects of trade. Not only will it increase the amount of trade, it will also increase the amount of "tourist" which comes to Singapore as it also encourages people with diseases to come over for transplant, thus the business of the hospitals and transplant "agencies" will prosper.
In conclusion, we should look into these matters seriously, as consent from the next of kin is very important, and the government setting a rule that doctors are allowed to harvest organs without consent is just no justifiable as some people would like to preserve the bodies of the deceased.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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