Bakkestuen 1 Matthew Bakkestuen ENGL 1102-027 Professor Germain ENGL 1102.

027 Opt-Out Organ Donation An Annotated Bibliography 20 Organ Donation Facts & Statistics You Should Know & Share. Donate Life Vermont. Web. 27 September 2013. Donate Life Vermonts article 20 Organ Donation Facts & Statistics You should Know & Share contains facts and statistics about organ donation. These facts and statistics were utilized to shows how many people are waiting for an organ donation and how many transplants are being performed within a year. This article also states that 18 people die every day due to the lack of organ donations. This source supports my opinion that there are not enough organs being donated and many people die due to the lack of donations. Frequently Asked Questions. Organ Donation. 6 August 2013. Web. 11 October 2013 Organ Donations article Frequently Asked Questions page explains the criteria of becoming an organ donator. It brings up facts like heart disease and over the age of 60 means that person cannot be a heart donator. It also brought up facts about body size and blood type being factors. These facts were utilized in the paper to explain the lack of organs being donated. This article was used to illustrate that everyone should become a donor due to every organ being extremely rare. Should organ donation be compulsory? debate.org. Web. 9 October 2013 Debate.orgs page Should organ donation be compulsory? is a site that was used to get opinions from people. The site is divided into two sides. One discusses how organ donation should be mandatory. The other counters the arguments. This was a good site to see how the public felt about the topic. These arguments were used to see what issues the public saw with mandatory organ donation.

Bakkestuen 2 Allfather, Peter. Should organ donation be mandatory? timesunion.com. 21 June 2013. Web. 10 October 2013. Allfather uses statistics about how many people are waiting for organ donation. Allfather also discusses that some organs can be donated by the living, others cannot. Allfather brings up a strong point about making the organ donation system an opt-out approach and mentions that only being asked to opt-in when you get your drivers license is not efficient. These arguments were used to build an argument that automatically being enrolled to donate your organs is more efficient. Mayo Clinic Staff. Organ Donation: Dont let these myths confuse you. Consumer Health. Web. 27 September 2013. Mayo Clinic Staff submitted an article that discusses the myths people feel are good reasons to not donate organs. There are statistical data containing the amount of patients waiting for transplants. This article is used to get people to prepare for what is going to happen to their body upon death due to this being one of the main reasons people does not become organ donors. Smith, Susan. Progress and Limitations. Medscape. 17 June 2002. Web. 10 October 2013. Smith goes into detail and offers statics about the shortage of organs. Smith also discusses about how the cost of the transplant is not pushed off to the patient or their family. Smith discussed medical advancements throughout the past 10 years and what they have done to the industry and how this has benefited the industry but with these advances there is still an organ shortage. Walker, Samuel. Why Organ Donation Should be Made Compulsory. The Huffington Post. 15 December 2011. Web. 9 October 2013 This article talks about if organ donation should be compulsory. Walker talks about compulsory organ donation are extreme but necessary due to the number of patients needing transplants. Walker also discusses religion is a major factor to why organs are not being donated and why this is not a good reason to not donate your organs. This supports my argument that most religions support organ donations.