The Gift of Life

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The Gift of Life

• Christina Simpson
• CATA 233 Advanced Public Speaking
• Persuasion Speech

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Gift of Life

• Thesis Claim One should donate ones organs and
  tissue and tell their family of their wishes
  because it helps save thousands of lives.
• My Key Points in Todays Presentation
• 1. 1. There are thousands of people who are
  waiting for organ and tissue transplants in the
  Untied States today and there is a need for
  organs.
• 2. Singing the back of ones drivers license
  or donor card, and informing family members of
  willingness to donate plays a key role in the
  supply and demand of organ donation.
• 3. The organ and tissue donation program has
  helped enrich the lives of many people and also
  helps relieve the grief of family members

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Help is Needed

• There are 94,465 people on the waiting list.
• In the United States 80,374 people were waiting
  for transplants in 2001 though there were only
  6,081 cadaver donations made and 6,499 living
  donations.
• About 68 people receive an organ transplant
  every day in the U.S., while approximately 100
  are added to the waiting.

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Help is Needed cont..

• Because of the lack of available donors in this
  country, 2,025 kidney patients, 1,347 liver
  patients, 458 heart patients and 361 lung
  patients died in 2001.
• An estimated 10,000 to 14,000 people who die each
  year meet the criteria for organ donation, but
  les than half of those individuals become actual
  organ donors
• The donor shortage is not just found in the
  United States, but in Canada as well.

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You Can Make a Difference

• The Uniform Anatomic Gift Act provides the legal
  framework for the process of organ donation in
  the United States.
• The majority of transplantable organs that are
  removed from people after they have died are
  currently taken from people who have been
  declared brain dead.
• If you would like to be an organ donor talk to
  your family, add donor status to your drivers
  license or fill out the card available at
  www.organdonor.com
• Successful organ and tissue donation requires
  planning and communication among family members
• Families who know about the patient wishes were
  seven times more likely to donate organs.

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Organ Donor Card and License
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Organ and Tissue Donation Enriches Lives

• One can help save or better the lives of more
  than 50 people by becoming an organ donor.
• Organs that an individual can donate include
  kidney, lung, liver, heart, pancreas, small
  bowel, and the cornea.
• The root of organ donation is Latin, donum or
  gift, an etymological recognition of the
  personal reality that is the human body.
• Donation giving is essentially an act of
  generosity and in its higher reaches and act of
  love.

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The Gift of Life

• In Conclusion,
• Review of my key points in todays presentation
• 1. There are thousands of people who are in need
  of a organ or tissue transplant.
• 2. Signing the back of ones drivers license or
  donors card, and telling ones family of their
  wish to donate is important.
• 3. The organ and tissue donation program has
  helped enrich the lives of many people and also
  helps relieve the grief of family members.
• Representation of Thesis Claim One should donate
  ones organs
  and tissue and tell their family of their wishes
  because it helps save thousands of lives.

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Works Cited

• http//gbgm-umc.org/health/organdonor/images/organ
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• www.kidney.org/kls/ transplant/donorcard.cfm
• www.treocentral.com/ content/Stories/262-4.htm
• http//www.fmf.uni-lj.si/mohar/Pict/Gore97BB.jpg