Lung transplants while not exactly routine are becoming more prevalent. However,

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Lung transplants while not exactly routine are becoming more prevalent. However, the list of people needing a transplant is much longer than the list of available organs. Potential recipients must get onto a lung transplant waiting list before receiving a matching organ. Go to the following websites and read about the process of becoming a lung recipient.

http://www.netwellness.org/healthtopics/pultransplantation/transplantlist.cfm

http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/Treatments.asp?sid=121#Criteria

Notice that the criteria for getting on the transplant list includes having no "financial or social" issues which may compromise the success of the transplant. What do you think they mean by financial or social issues? Do you think that financial or social issues should be criteria for determining who gets a medically necessary organ transplant? Why or why not? Do you think financial hardship or social issues are or should be a moral/legal/ethical reason to deny a transplant? What should be the deciding factors? What if the decision comes down to a single mother of 3 small kids versus a 60 year old prominent businessman? What if it comes down to a person who has smoked for 30 years versus someone who has never smoked? You must post one initial answer to these questions and at least two other comments on other posts.

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Financial issues means the financial lung transparent centres are ready to pay the funds in case of needy people when they are in shortage of amount. Social issues in the sense, relatef to the society or sector they are present, they deal with.

It is not so necessary to determine the social or financial issues in all the cases, but some cases it is necessary to check for the organ transplant of a person.

They can be any reason to deny the transplant and the deciding factors can be like: physical functioning, behavioral, psychological and social domains, prevalance rates of mood and anxiety disorders in lung transplant candidates.

The decision depends on the financial and social issues of the person they are related to.

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