Organ Donation: ( Archived) (42)

I thought we had an opt out thingy here in the UK, but apparently not yet.

I've just registered.

See the power of your poll, Pisces.



PS. I looked into live organ donation a couple of years ago when my dad was ill. Now there's a tricky number...and an interesting discussion.

We had this conversation in general in our family already, so I don't think they would stop it. Problem is, should something happen to me, it might take too long to contact them and if they get my mum, she doesn't have much English.

I know someone who had a kidney transplant 15-20 years ago and he needs another kidney soon (never drank etc.) He is in his 40's, should something happen to me, I know how much it can help someone.

I think it should be optional and it is an option in the UK

Thanks Pisceslady, I will look into it, I did request a donor card and if there are requirements I will get it signed by my family. I also will mention it to my mum but we all talked in general about it. It's a good idea, thanks.

Great thread, I think something like that escape people's mind if you are not affected personally, and a thread like that can get people to actually do something about it.

In the U.S. the family still has to make the final decision.

If someone is in a terrible accident and dies, they are taken to the hospital to be put in the morgue. The hospital will look at ther persons license to check to see if this person agreed to organ transplans. They then have to contact family members to ask about if they are agreeable because even though the license of the deceased says "yes" the hospital still needs permission to do it. There is a time contraint for how long organs are good so it's imperative to find someone to give permission. If no family member can be found, as far as I know, the hospital is allowed to go ahead with taking the organ. If they are sued later on, I guess they keep a copy of the license.

Point I'm making is, the hospital can't go ahead to remove organs even though the license says okay. They need a confirmation to do it.

It works the same way an Advanced Directive works.

I am of the opinion that everyone should be
an after death organ donor without opt out choice.

yes
to the lonely rich women association ...

It depends on the stance your family have. We did discuss it in general terms and they will accept my decision, I'm just not sure if a big discussion would upset my mom.

If something happens to me here, it would probably take too long to get in contact with my family, so a donor card should give the go ahead even without permission of the family.

To cross over on the two threads, upsetting family may well be a reason for opting out of donating, whilst being open to accepting a donation.

If family members have religious beliefs about the body being buried intact and in its entirety, or simple can't face the idea of bits missing even in death, it may cause them a far more complex grief.

If you think about it, donating loved one's organs requires either a certain state of shock, or an acceptance that the person is gone in a very narrow time scale after the death.

Discussion and preparation before hand may help, but the state of shock whereby someone cannot yet accept the death may well interfere with the decision making process at that moment in time.

For many "I don't want to hear I've lost my mum" is maybe not so far away from, "I don't want to hear about losing bits of my mum". In immediate grief, we tend to want to naturally claw back that which we have lost, not give away.

I do agree there Jac, I don't think a family should have to make a decision like that after being confronted with the death of a family member. They are in a state of shock, knowing that it was my wish shouldn't upset them if they hear afterwards that some of my organs were donated. I will talk to them about it and don't expect any discussions.

Here's a story to melt your hearts.





In the UK at the moment there is a drive to get more people to donate.