Paityn Wynn

May 5, 2017

R A Brown

Draft One

Annotated Bibliography: Organ Donation

Abouna, G. M. "Organ Shortage Crisis: Problems and Possible Solutions." Transplantation

Proceedings. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 09 May 2017.

In this article, Organ Shortage Crisis: Problems and Possible Solutions, the author explains that

in recent decades there has been an increase in the demand for organ transplants. While on the

flip side, there are simply not enough organs to meet the demand. There has been an increase in

not only the number of patients on the transplant waiting lists, but also in the number of patients

dying while waiting for an organ. He then goes into detail about the possible solutions for this

problem. They include the implementation of educational programs for the public, which teach

the need and benefits of organ donation.

I think this article is reliable because for starters, it is from PubMed.gov. This is a website

operated by the United States National Library of Medicine through the National Institutes of

Health. Although it is not very recent, it gives relevant information about my topic.

"Read "Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action" at NAP.edu." National Academies Press:

OpenBook. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2017.

This is a book that includes about every single thing related to organ donations and transplants.

They explain that ever since he first successful organ transplant, thousands of recipients of a
transplanted kidney, heart, pancreas, liver, or other solid organ in the United States have had their

lives extended because of an organ transplantation. Also they go over how since 1995 the waiting

list patients have doubled. Some of the chapters include economic value of increasing the organ

supply, US efforts to increase organ donation, prevention, organ donation statistics, individual

and family decisions, and many more.

I think this is a reliable source because it is a published book that was written and edited by

professors from universities all over the United States. Also it was approved by the Governing

Board of the National Research Council so it is a credible source. This book was also in the

University of North Carolina at Charlottes database.

"The Stability of Family Decisions to Consent or Refuse Organ... : Psychosomatic Medicine."

LWW. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2017.

This scholarly article is mostly about the decisions that family members can make about their

loved ones. As a family member, you can either give consent or refuse organ donation if the

person is unconscious and not able to make the decision for themselves. Researchers conducted a

study of 225 family members who had been approached to donate the organs or tissue of a dying

loved one. Participants were surveyed about demographic characteristics, medical/hospital

factors, previous knowledge of transplantation, the request process, religion, and characteristics

of the deceased and of the recipient. The family members could choose donate again, not donate

again, nondonors who would donate, and nondonors who still would not donate. The results

concluded that there were many factors involved such as being married, formal education,

signing donor cards, and having personal conversations about donation.

I think this is a reliable source because it is a case study that was conducted by researchers. Also,

it is a scholarly journal so the information is reliable and true. The article was written by multiple

professors from different universities as well.

"Non-heart-beating Organ Transplantation : Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement." Non-

heart-beating Organ Transplantation : Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement (eBook,

1997) [UNC Charlotte Libraries]. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2017

This book is about anything and everything about organ donation. This book talks about the

supply and demand of organs and how to improve the supply. They discuss how to approach the

family for consent, medication involved to decrease rejection, withdrawal of life support and

declaration of death. In the spring of 1997, the Department of Health and Human Services

(DHHS) contacted the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to express concern about the national state of

organ donation and the supply of solid organs for transplantation to patients with terminal organ

failures. Questions had been raised recently about the management of cadaver donors who died a

cardiopulmonary death, called non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs).

This is a reliable source because again it is a book written and edited by multiple professors from

different universities. Also it was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research

Council.

"Transplant Rejection." MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2017.

This article is solely about the causes, symptoms, exams and tests, treatments, outlook, and

possible complications of transplant rejection. Transplant rejection is a process in which a

transplant recipients immune system attacks the transplanted organ or tissue. Some of the causes

are the foreign antigens that enter the body after an organ transplant. When they enter the body,

the body doesnt recognize them so therefore they attack them. Some symptoms are the organs

function may start to decrease, discomfort, pain or swelling, fever, flu-like symptoms. Depending

on the organ they will conduct CT scans, chest x-ray, kidney ultrasound, etc.

I think this is a reliable source because it is directly from a medical encyclopedia and through the

US National Library of Medicine. Also the website ends in .gov so it is a government ran

website. Also it is fairly recent. It was published in April of 2015.

Reflection

Although this project was a little bit stressful, I learned a lot about how

to use websites like EasyBib to turn my sources into citations. Also, I learned

how to write summaries about my sources without talking too much about

my topic itself. Instead of writing a whole entire essay, we just focused on

summaries and reflections for each source. I have never written just an

annotated bibliography. I high school we always had to just find sources and

write our paper. As far as the researching goes, I used the university

databases for two of my sources and I used scholarly articles for the other

three. I normally type into google what my topic is or what specific part I

need that related to my topic and put scholarly articles at the end. I also
look for website that dont need in .com. For example, I used websites that

end with .gov mostly.

In regards to my topic, I learned a lot about organ donation and

transplantation. I was able to look specifically at the numbers related to my

topic, such as, the number of patients on the waiting list for different organs,

the number of patients who died waiting on an organ, and the number of

available organs. I also learned about different people who are waiting for

their organ transplant. Lastly, I learned about the process of becoming an

organ donor and steps to become nationally registered. Fun Fact: I didnt

know you can put on your lock screen on your phone that you are an organ

donor. So, if you are ever in a situation where you are unconscious and on

the verge of dying, doctors/authorities can figure out if you are an organ

donor with your phone.

Doing this annotated bibliography, I found my sources, read the

abstract or a good portion of the article, and wrote my summary. I found this

process helpful because I was able to just read the key parts of the article

and summarize them, so that way if I was trying to write an essay I could

refer directly back to my annotated bibliography instead of having to read

the article again. I definitely think that would benefit me in the future when I

have to write a paper.