New legislation now permits surgeons to do this - whereas before (in the UK this is) they had to get permission of the next of kin regardless of the dead persons orginal wishes.
2006-10-17 01:37:39 · 49 answers · asked by Nicola L 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
we have a similar problem here in the U.S with patients that are DNR (do not resuscitate) meaning that if they are in a situation where life support is needed to keep them alive-they do not want it. but if there is a family member (such as a spouse) that is mentally able to make medical decisions for that person-they can override the person's decision NOT to have life support and put them on it anyway. it upsets me b/c it puts the person in more pain and suffering than they wished for.
i feel that if the person had made the decision to be an organ donor while completely healthy and of sound mine-then it should be honored and respected. on top of that, do you know how many lives can be saved off of one organ donor? up to 10 people!! in the part of the hospital i work in, i've seen countless lives saved due to organ donation-it's awesome!!
2006-10-17 01:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by prncessang228 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I carry a donor card and I was of sane mind when I did it and I have made it perfectly clear to all who love me that if I go, it is ok for them to carry on with my wishes. I am glad this law has come in because people make silly decisions when grieving. I understand how hard it is, my aunt wanted her organs donated when she died and my mum tried to kick up a huge fuss, saying she did not want it. Hello!?? People make these decisions because, well, as I see it, I will be dead, I am being cremated, what does it matter? My memory will still be around. They are only body parts at the end of the day, they don't make a person, they just make up a person.
2006-10-17 01:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't object, the person who carried the Donor Card made their own decision and I guess really it's nobody elses decision to make. I think that a good idea is to all be on the donor list unless you conciously 'opt out', people are dying every day that could be given a chance of life if only the right donor was available. Not saying I'm "right", it's just my personal opinion and I am aware of the huge amount of debate that surrounds these issues, especially concerning alcoholism etc.
2006-10-17 01:48:29 · answer #3 · answered by Flossie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well not to be blunt or anything but the persons dead an if there organs can help save someone elses life then they should be taken regardless or what the next of kin wants its what the person wanted when they where alive so we should respect there decision.
2006-10-17 01:50:02 · answer #4 · answered by Jo. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are right, permission have to be seeked from the next of kin, but the wisest choice to make is to go with the dead person's original wish. If he/she doesn't want to donate his organs, he/she would not have carried a donor card at all.
2006-10-17 01:43:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have an organ donor card and have asked my family to honour my wishes. They currently have no objection to this and they know that if they do not permit my wishes to be carried out once I pass on, I will come back to haunt them and make their lives miserable....(the same goes if they play Amazing Grace at my funeral too). I certainly would carry out any wishes of my loved ones if they wanted to donate part or all of their bodies - I like the idea of part of them living on and not mouldering away in a coffin.
2006-10-17 01:48:02 · answer #6 · answered by blondie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never really understood why 'all' people wouldn't want to donate a part of them that may help someone else have a better life after we've gone. What is the point in letting good organs rot - they serve no purpose when we're gone.........we can't use them! I would never object - moreso if I knew that this person had at some stage carried a card.
2006-10-17 01:47:42 · answer #7 · answered by shirley p 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am with you on this. I seems that a lot of NEW legislation is about taking away rights from people. If a loved one dies, the body does NOT become anyone's property but MUCH LESS of the state and therefore it should always be up to the family to decide. Even if I ended up agreeing, I WANT TO BE ASKED and not jumped over and the insides of my loved one being taken away without control from me ! If my child dies I would be distressed enough and therefore no one has the right to, behind my back, to open my child's body and remove at will whatever they deem "necessary" in particular the thing that if that becomes the norm, FOR SURE money would start to be made from the organs of your dead love ones. MONEY is the motive behind EVERYTHING whether it is painted over with sugar "compassion" or of whatever.
2006-10-17 01:59:03 · answer #8 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the persons made time to collect, fill out and carry a Donor card, then I think their wishes should be followed in death - why wouldn't people?
and to answer the question No, i wouldn't object because its obviously what they wanted.
Also think what the organ would mean to the person who receives it
2006-10-17 01:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by AAP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you loved the person then it would be pretty screwed up to deny their wishes and say no even though they carried an organ donor card, don't you think? If they wanted to donate organs, then that's what should happen.
2006-10-17 01:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by MotherFirefly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋