The issue of moral rights is a rather complicated and controversial one. In this learning scenario, two speakers debate over organ transplant tourism. Dr. O’Connor states that transplant tourism is a real problem that grows steadily and needs to be addressed immediately. The speaker notes that according to the recent research, those patients that procured organs from outside the United States showed worse health results rather than patients that acquired organs from the US.
More to the point, he claims that donors from other countries are usually paid minimum rewards and have poor health care that is necessary after the surgery. Another argument provided by Dr. O’Connor is that the very process of the surgery is inappropriate. For example, if in the US, donors usually have small incisions, then those from third world countries face up to 14 inches of wounds. Thus, the mentioned speaker opposes transplant tourism.
In his turn, Dr. Reynolds emphasizes that medicine cannot reject transplant tourism because of some cases of contamination from transplanted organs or inadequate care of donors. Instead, he points out that thorough screening and examination may improve the current situation. I agree with Dr. Reynolds as his views focus on innovation and patient salvation when one’s life depends on one or the other organ.
Transplant tourism is subject to ethical relativity, as stated by Akoh (2012), which implies the ethical approach to saving one’s life. With this in mind, Dr. Reynolds suggests that it is necessary to identify the problem and specify its key aspects, while politics are expected to resolve the situation in practice. I consider such an approach is the most ethical response to the issue of transplant tourism.
References
Akoh, J. A. (2012). Key issues in transplant tourism. World Journal of Transplantation, 2(1), 9-18.