I wanna ask your stance on organ donation after a death.
What do you think, should there be a card that you opt out of donor donation? Just now in the UK we have donor cards, meaning if we carry one we agree to our organs being used after our death to help someone who needs a transplant. But there is complications added here, because just carrying a card means nothing, your family can overturn your decision after death, so do you think there should be a new system where you opt out if you do not want your organs used after your death, so you would carry the card saying you do not wish to be a organ donor, so that means 1000's of people a year can have transplants they need unless a person opt's out, so let me know your thoughts
Can you answer yes or no, then if you like give an explination of your answer, but please include your sex and age if you could please. UK users only
2007-10-08 07:44:45 · 11 answers · asked by chris s 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Opting out sounds a better way of doing it a far as I'm concerned..
2007-10-08 07:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Bio Hazard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the problems with the US donor system is the same - you can say you want to be a donor, but your family can override that decision at the critical moment.
Another issue is that there are people for whom the thought of their own death is something that they cannot think about. My brother won't discuss death - his own, his wife's, even our 93 yo grandmother's. Even though death is as much a part of life as birth many people won't think about it.
Therefore these people will answer no to donation just to avoid giving the situation any real thought. My brother is not an organ donor on his license - but when I asked him if I needed a kidney and he was a match would he donate one to me he answered yes. (I don't need one - it was a hypothetical.)
So is he against donation? Not really - he is anti-death. If he died and his wife said yes to donation I am sure he wouldn't have an issue with it as long as no one made him think about that fact that he was actually dead.
I don't know what the easy answer is to the problem of lack of donated organs.
2007-10-08 07:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by Susie D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
The problem with carrying a card to opt-out is that the cards will disappear every day. The will be worth even LESS than the opt-in cards. If someone IGNORES the card, how can you prove they knew it existed before taking the organs?
2007-10-08 08:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with opt out cards, it will be just like Spine, you can't opt out of that, nanny state again. Having worked in the NHS I wouldn't carry a donor card either. They are less likely to fight for your life if they know about a donor card, terrible but true. It should be up to the next of kin to make the decision not the State. Female over 21 yrs.
2007-10-08 09:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by flint 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would like any useful organs of mine to be used and I don't believe family members should be allowed to override the donors decision but I would find the thought of any of my loved ones being cut up and pieces being taken out of them far more difficult to accept. That does not mean I would consider raising any objections to their wishes being carried out, but merely state this as being the other side of the coin. I am female aged 71.
2007-10-08 08:39:58 · answer #5 · answered by little nell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes opting out sounds better. It is too much to ask of a family member to make such a decision while you are still a tangible, living person in their mind. They will still be refering to you in the present tense. However, someone will need to send out a letter to everyone to make sure that they know they need to opt out - keeping the power of choice with the individual.
2007-10-08 07:54:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I think people are a little lazy when it comes to carrying donor cards so why not make it compulsory unless otherwise stated. It would save the family alot of heartache as well. female 40
2007-10-08 08:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by Charley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"just carrying a card means nothing, your family can overturn your decision after death"
If you register, fill in the form and send it Free of post, to NHS, then No one can alter your decisions
If you carry a organ doner card, your not registered, But doesn't make much sense since the card is on the free post form,so registering is simple Hmmm..
2007-10-08 07:50:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally think opting in or out is unnecessary, pass a law giving the medical profession the right to take what they like. Does it matter as we will be dead!
2007-10-08 08:04:27 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should automaticly be on the donor list unless you opt out.
I would love to be able to help somone after I have passed on.
2007-10-08 07:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by Rich S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋