Only about half of people agree to be organ donors when they get their driver's license. That means thousands of people die every year waiting for organs that never come.
If you're not an organ donor, why not?
2007-10-10 10:26:46 · 27 answers · asked by jacob decibel 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I put no on my license for fear that the doctors will give up on me too soon for fear of damaging my organs that they think could be put to better use in someone else. I am not opposed to the idea of donating, in fact i'm registered as a bone marrow donor. It is just that if something happens I want to be given every opportunity to survive and not simply be given up on to harvest my organs.
2007-10-10 10:39:36 · answer #1 · answered by Antonio V 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm listed as an organ donor on my drivers license.
There are a few schools of thought on this subject. Some nationalities/races/religions have in their belief that they must be buried intact (so those do not share). Otheres say that if you are listed as an organ donor and you're not pulling your weight in society that the authorities are able to check that out and when you get sick then they don' t take care of you as they are supposed to and may let you die so that someone else may live, and people don't want their lives taken from them so they don't sign up to be an organ donor. That may or may not be an honest fear.
Some people have diseases, aids and such that are communicable and can't give a donation, or a donation won't be accepted from them. Others are like hemopheliacs and such who can't donate while living. Some people have low blood sugar which may cause unconscious problems if they donate while they are living. I heard there is a glut of entire bodies that have been donated to research schools.
In years past people were religious and determined that if God wanted them and called them then that was their life and their end Today people, whether it's right or wrong, I don't know, appear to be selfish, in thinking they can live longer or make babies when they want to or have the sex of the child as they want it, it's like a personal ego thing (and them trying to control nature, and I'm not sure that that's right or ethical). So I think there is more to this story than just "giving" or "giving up" a part of your body to save someone else. Maybe some people are living on borrowed time, and, what more is it that those people have to give to life or to others that they want a longer life. No, I'm not being insensitive here, just inquisitive. Anybody have the answers?
2007-10-10 10:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are a million reasons why some people do not donate organs when they pass away.
Religious reasons are the main ones.
Keep in mind also that it may not be the person who dies that does not want it. When a person dies, the next of kin has the final say of whether organs can be donated or not. Even if the person has expressed a wish to be an organ donor, if the next of kin refuses then the organs will not be harvested.
EMT
After reading some of the other posts of people who believe that doctors will give up on them too soon in order to harvest organs...that is simply untrue...not to mention illegal and unethical. If you are dying, unless otherwise indicated (by a living will or medical directive), all attempts will be made to save your life. It is only when a person is brain dead that an organ harvest is even considered. No doctor would ever let someone die in order to harvest organs...at least they shouldn't.
I'm an organ donor...or at least, one day I hope to be. I do not need my organs if I'm dead. They may save someone else's life. Even if my organs are for some reason not suitable for transplant, I hope that my skin, bone, corneas and connective tissue will be.
2007-10-10 10:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I keep signing my drivers license that I'll be an organ donor if I die. And it keeps rubbing off. So I guess that I'm one of those that isn't an organ donor.
That's one reason.
Another is that some religions demand that you be buried with all organs. (And that's usually what caused them to be buried in the first place.)
And then some people don't want their families being put through the extra grief when the dearly departed's body is suddenly whisked away to scavenge all the usable parts out of it.
But the 4th reason is that most people probably don't even think about it, which leaves a few who are more lazy about it than anything else. (Like me with that stupid ink-resistant backing. How many times do I gotta sign that thing before I just give up?)
2007-10-10 10:34:31 · answer #4 · answered by Marc X 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You do not pick or choose who your organs go to, so if you're concerned about who will be given your organs due to their lifestyle then perhaps you need a good think about whether you really want to go on the donor list or not. To be put on it you can go to your GP and ask about donating card which you fill out there and then and that's it; you're done!
2016-05-21 00:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by freda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've signed up to be an organ donor.
I'm also a nurse, though, and some reasons people refuse are:
Can't donate due to some illness (like cancer).
Don't want to destroy bodily integrity even after death (sometimes due to religious reasons).
Can't bear the thought of thinking about dying.
Don't trust the system (are afraid they'll be killed early for their organs).
Don't care about helping others.
I know there are more, but these are some I've actually heard during the course of my job.
2007-10-10 10:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by Jodie G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many people do not want to think of their own demise. This is one reason. The other is they believe falsely that if they put donation on their drivers license that somehow medical professionals will not 'save' them if an emergency situation comes up because they know someone who need their 'parts'. There may be religious reasons for some but I believe these are the most common.
2007-10-10 10:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by luteachris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that is mean I need a heart and lung transplant myself but can't get one cause they say it's too risky for me any way if that wasn't the case I'll be waiting on organs that may not ever come please people BECOME ORGAN DONORS you can't help me but at least you will be able to help someone else but God will keep me a live they have said so many times that I will die but I'm still here I was born with this heart problem and wasn't suppose to make it too see 5 then they said I will die at 17 then 22................LOL GOD IS GOOD I am 30 and will be 31 next month still going on feeling good PRAISE GOD
2007-10-10 10:33:40 · answer #8 · answered by Tanisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great many people have chronic illnesses that they know prevents them from being a donor so they don't sign up. Some have religious objections to donation. And some just don't give a rip. Thank goodness for those who can and do.
2007-10-10 10:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am a organ donor but i offten get this comment about it, that when you are about to or could possiably die, if you are an organ donar and the can be saved some doctors wont save you (not sure if it is true but i have heard it from nurses) because your organs are worth more (money wise). After i heard this i thought about changing my drivers license, but after alot of thinking i decided that if that happens to me then so be it i saved anothers life.
2007-10-10 10:31:40 · answer #10 · answered by mom,wife, student employee, me 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋