Organs to be taken without consent

I'm against this...

Knowing that saving a patient teetering on death will lose "products" that could be used to help others will make doctors think twice about doing all they can...especially in cases where the "value of life" wouldn't be high even if they do save the patient...

Doctor - "We COULD save the patient, but if we do, this guy will live the rest of his life in a bed hooked to a machine...and he'll probably only last another 8 months anyway...It's better if we just take what we need from this guy and use his organs where they'll be put to better use."...

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Dang... my dot was in the wrong radial...

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I think you underestimate doctors. Most of them are egotistical, lean more toward being hesitant to pull the plug from what I've seen. (And I've seen a lot in the way of death and dying). Very few of them will actually write a "no-code' or do-not-resuscitate, even when it appears 'hopeless.
I'm not saying they're all saints, but they do seem to take their oath very seriously.

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"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
--Jonathan Swift

you're talking about the current situation...

I believe that changes with this implementation...

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There's no way I can be unbiased about this. I voted opt-out.
As some of you may know, my brother who has been on a transplant list for years died in November.
He had gotten to the point he no longer only needed a liver, but other organs as well. He eventually developed cancer a few months before he passed.
Although he had been optimistic throughout his life, his last words to me about his illness were, "You know, ____, if I didn't know better, I'd think if I was rich, I'd have had that operation a long time ago."
It was really hard to hear him say that. He was never a nay sayer but an inspiration until those last few months.
His blood was B negative, so yeah, that was unlucky. And children and people who aren't diabetic are closer to the top of the list.
Any way, I think opt out is better. People forget to opt in and it's a very emotional time when a loved one dies. But there are people-doctors and nurses-who have the task of approaching these family members to see if they will allow organ donation. It would be better if the family didn't have to face these questions so soon after a loss. But what else is there to do? There wouldn't be as many organs donated as there are at the present rate if families weren't approached.

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"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
--Jonathan Swift

It's my body and I will opt-in if I want to.

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http://jeffersonblog.history.org/doe...ecision-making

I sympathize with the situation, but in the interest of fairness, I must ask this question...

How would your brother feel if he found out the doctors intentionally let a patient with a 10% chance at a viable life (let's say irreversible head trauma) drift off without trying in order for your brother to continue his life?...

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Where did you get the idea doctors are so unethical? I've already stated more doctors than not don't even like to write no-codes. No. don't like is not the correct phrase. It's like trying to chase them down and pull their wisdom teeth with a rusty pair of pliers.
Have you been watching too many twilight zone episode?
If you are worried about a fantasy like ' maybe doctors will be reluctant to save certain lives", then you are under a false assumption, an old wives tale if you will.
What about the quick fatality? The victim is a ten year old boy killed instantly but some of his organs are still salvageable. Are you telling me you would rather continue the system as it is and have someone ask that boy's mom and dad about donating their son's organs? There's a time issue, so they may be queried only moments after learning of his death.

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"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
--Jonathan Swift

This gave me a start. I was recently hospitalized and had to be transferred from our local hospital to another.

At both facilities part of the admission process was to ask if I wanted to be a donor and I then had to sign off on the permission form.

Does anyone know if this is not standard practice in U.S. hospitals?

Also we, in Alabama, are asked when renewing our driver's license if we wish to be a donor.

Is this not standard in other states?

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If a certain course of action makes the mouth-breathers furious, then that’s a good policy. – The Practical Environmentalist