Medical Ethics Elective - organs

This is what it is called when a person's brain activity stops permanently.

• Living Donors

• Brain Death

• Transplantation

• Allogeneic

The person who donates a kidney or part of a lung or liver while they are still alive.

• Deceased Donor

• Doctor

• Living Donor

• Brain Death

How many transplantable solid organ types are there?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

What the definition of a donor ?

• A person who donate his/her organs.

• A person who takes the organ

What is the definition of a recipient?

• A person who donate his/her organs.

• A person who receives the donated organ.

What is organ donation?

• Organ donation is giving an organ to help someone who needs a transplant.

• Organ transplantation is often the only treatment for end state organ failure, such as liver and heart failure.

Which of the following is NOT considered when donating?

• Distance from the donor.

• Body Size

• Blood Type

• Gender

Which of the following is considered when donating?

• Social Status

• Gender

• Time on the list

• Income

Other than organs, when you include tissue and bones, how many more lives can you save?

• up to 20 lives

• up to 40 lives

• up to 50 lives

• up to 75 lives

Which one is the below cannot be transplanted?

• corneas

• tendons

• glands

• heart valves