According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (2010), organ donations and transplants are the removal of organs and tissues from one person and insertion into the body of another person. The need for an organ transplant usually occurs when the recipient organ has failed (UNOS, 2010). Organ donation can save the lives of many people who are on the waiting list for an organ donation. Becoming an organ donor can be a difficult decision. Many people have the false belief that they are organ donors. An example would be if the organ donor is on a driver's license and a person is involved in a fatal accident, nothing will be done to save their life. There is a growing need for organ donors and unfortunately the need for organ transplants exceeds the quantity of organs available. This leads to the difficult decision of deciding who deserves the transplant instead of another client. What person deserves the opportunity to have a second chance at life with a newly transplanted organ? The case study “Who will receive the liver?” involves potential clients, Mr. Mann and Ms. Bay. Mr. Mann, a hard-drinking man in his 50s who will soon die of alcoholic cirrhosis, lives alone and makes no guarantee that he will stop drinking even if he receives an organ donation. The second candidate, Ms. Bay, a thirty-seven-year-old with hepatitis B who has some sick days, is married with a young family and is very active in the community. Ms. Bay is ahead of Mr. Mann on the waiting list for donations (Butts & Rich, 2008, p.305). The purpose of this document is to visualize the difference between each candidate and decide which recipient should receive the liver transplant. Bay is expected to receive the organ transplant before Mr. Mann. National Digestive... half of the document... gan transplant and knowing the truth about being an organ donor. With an increase in organ donations we will be able to save many more lives giving both clients a second chance at life. References Butts, J., & Rich, K. (2008). Nursing ethics: across the curriculum and into practice. Sudbury,MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.Wagner. S. (1 March 2009). Liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B may require lifelong antiviral treatment. Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/140588.phpNational Digestive Disease Information Clearance. (2008, December). Cirrhosis (NIHP Publication No. 09–1134). Retrieved from NDDIC website: http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cirrhosis/United Network for Organ Sharing. (2010). Organ donation and transplantation. Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://www.unos.org