Organ Donation ?

Question

With the talk of changing the donation system to everyone automatically being 'in' unless we opt out, what would happen to someone who had made a declaration to opt out of donating only to find at some point they became in need of an organ donation themselves, would they be none eligible to recieve ...... the system has to work both ways doesn't it??

Answer 1

I think the main reason people don't want to donate organs is fear, they fear that the doctors won't try to save their lives. So maybe the powers that be should educate people first then maybe the fear would disappear. However you should not judge someone because they chose to not donate and they should certainly not be discriminated against if they are in need of a donated organ.

Answer 2

They might want to have a clear opt out to take people who should not donate.

A friend of mine has an extremely serious cancer, with no outward signs. He travels alone, and could end up dead somewhere where agreement to donate is assumed. I'd hate to be the person who gets his organs.

Answer 3

I am a card-carrying prospective donor. I want everything that can be used, to be used. It's not going to do me any good where I'm going.

I doubt very much that organ donation will become mandatory, but it certainly is a good thing to do. If you want to opt-out, just let everyone you know about it -- family, doctor, etc.

Answer 4

Technically, you don't opt out of being an organ donor you just don't sign up for it. I don't think it would come to a point where they check to see if the person needing the organ had signed up to be a donor. If someone has a bad disease and his/her organs aren't good there wouldn't be any reason for thim/her to have signed up to be a donor in the first place. I know a woman who is on the waiting list for a 5 organ transplant. With her disease there is no reason why she would have signed up to be a donor because her organs aren't any good and couldn't be harvested for someone else.

Answer 5

What a good question....never thought of that...I agree is someone is not willing to donate their organs then they should not be eligible to receive someone Else's....Of course their are medical reasons why someone could not donate organs...and they would have to be the exception...but good question...have a star.

Answer 6

I agree. These same people that are not willing to donate their own organs or the organs of their family would still quite happily take one from someone else that has donated if they or their family needed one. Double standards? i think so.

Answer 7

It happens a lot of times that people only find the importance of being an organ donor in their own times of need. But nevertheless, I hope this doesn't deter anyone from becoming one themselves. Sometimes it takes the good spirited to help the bad to overcome.

Answer 8

This is another indication of an increasing Nanny State.Our choices are slowly but surely being taken away from us.I never thought i would see the day when compulsary organ donation is mandatory.Scary sign of the times.The effect of this would be devastating for many,especially for parents of children.

Answer 9

I'm a organ donor actually a give my 6 years old a piece of my liver 4 yer as ago both of us are perfect healthy

Answer 10

You can receive an organ even if you are not a donor