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Renee Tobey
National Youth Leadership Forum
Essay Scholarship Contest
October 22, 2003
An Issue of Life or Death
Many issues came up at the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine; adolescent health, end of life issues, space medicine, career choices, even how to get into medical school. However, I believe that one issue overshadowed the rest. This issue is organ donation. Organ donation is a topic that, in my mind, affects each and every one of us directly because we all have the opportunity to save someone’s life. ...
Right now, more than 80,000 people in the United States are waiting for life-saving organ transplants. ... Many other people simply do not address the issue at all, thereby depriving others of a second chance at life. ... Berry spoke to the entire forum about his second chance at life due to a liver transplant he received. This forever changed his life, and his goal is for others to have the same opportunity to live again.
Approximate Word count = 825
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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