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An Essay Concentrating on the Ethical Aspects Involved in Organ Transplantation. Organ transplantation is a main branch of medical surgery in which many technological leaps have been made in the last decade. So much so that it has become common practice in many of the modern hospitals of today. The process involves finding an organ donor (often the most difficult part), if the donor is deceased the organ has to be removed within a few hours as the internal biology of humans degenerates greatly in a relatively short space of time. In the case of heart transplants, the operation is conducted under general anaesthesia. An incision is made into the person's chest and the heart is exposed. They are then connected to a heart-lung bypass machine that keeps them supplied with a steady flow of oxygenated blood. The heart can then be removed and the replacement sewn into place. Once the new...

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