by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 18th, 2008

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Do you think organ donation should be made compulsory ?... if you don't want to you have to fill out a waiver say no

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by Calehay on February 18th, 2008
But why? The only reason I see this being effective is to sort of trick people into organ donation by daunting them with forms. It's also much easier to look up if someone signed up to be an organ donor than to look up who didn't sign up to be an organ donor, since, at least at the moment, you have more people not signing up to donate their organs.
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- I don't see how its a trick at all ...if you sign the waiver then thats it ..one form only...and trust me even if your a organ donor your family can (and does) veto your request and this happens 85% of the time ...and you can't stop them when your dead can you ...also most doctors do not look up if your a donor or not ...they just ask your family ( that fact is backed up by the medical profession its self)....thanks :)+
  
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by munchkin_kids_downunder on February 18th, 2008
no, because not everyone has organ's good enough to be used. It is also a persons right to keep or donate there organs.
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- now don't you think the doc's would be the best ones to decide if the bits are any good? and don't you think its a good idea to help some one else ...say a small child who needs a kidney?...:)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 18th, 2008
- i work in the medical field, i deal with organ donations, and not many are compatible with organ transplants. a child can get a kidney from a person who is still alive. It's someone's organs, just because you believe in donation doesn't make it right for someone esle. they have to be at peace with it, not forced into it. if they want to be buried intact, then that is there right as well. I see it from both sides.
  
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  by munchkin_kids_downunder on February 24th, 2008
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by Grammy Robin on February 19th, 2008
Myself, I am an organ donor and my family knows my wishes on that subject.
My husband doesn't like it, but it is my body and I will choose what is done with it.

Forcing people to give their body parts.
I can see no good coming from that.
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- great to hear your a donor ...goodonya! and for me making it compulsory would make the whole process so much easier and most importantly ...faster ...:)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- But you can't force people. It has to be their choice.
  
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  by Grammy Robin on February 19th, 2008
- oh this is true ..but their choice is most of the time being ignored by their family and donations are being stopped ... but as you said its their choice
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- The only thing they can do is what I do. Stress to my loved ones how important it is for ME!! Once I'm gone my parts are no good to me.
  
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  by Grammy Robin on February 20th, 2008
- I am very happy to hear that your wishes are going to be adhered to and I agree if someone else can use some of my bits they are very very welcome to them ...:):)
  
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by Dee Dee just havin some fun on February 22nd, 2008
A donation can not be made compulsory. If it were compulsory it would be considered a tax of sorts.
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- and whats wrong with that ...at least for once a tax would be a good tax that actually benefits everyone in so many ways ...:)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 23rd, 2008
- It's better to educate and allow change to occur through knowledge. Organ donations have huge emotional context attached to it. If a person or loved one did not have the right to refuse and the government had to intervene we subject society to potential abuses. Unfortunately eduction doesn't happen over night and people who could benefit from a donated organ will continue to wait and many will die waiting.
  
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  by Dee Dee just havin some fun on February 24th, 2008
- yes its always better to educate ...sometimes it needs a help along to make it sink in and at least if they were made to make a choice it would start them thinking about it ....:):)
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 24th, 2008
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by ninja man on February 19th, 2008
Well, I wouldn't want it to be compulsory. That would open a door to dangerous territory politically speaking, I think. I myself am a donor. I figure "Hey, if I'm dead or mortally wounded (and you've done your best to save me) they're not doing me any good. Let me pass on, and give someone else a second shot." Personally, if I ever get to be a vegetable, I plan on including it in my living will (I don't have one just yet) to let me fade, and pass on what little I have to give to someone else.
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- its great to hear you are a donor and the living will thing is a great thing up to a point but they can be challenged by family after you have gone and speed is the most important part of donating as the bits are only viable for a certain time ...thanks :)+
  
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by Little big mouth on February 19th, 2008
I was always told that if you're an organ donor & God forbid you're in an accident, they wouldn't try & save you as much. I want my organs donated but only my family knows that
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- that is a fib lisa ..the doc's will always try to save you no matter what and so long as your family carries out your wishes thats great ...but most families don't carry them out and thats the problem ...thanks :)+
  
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by kitten is smiling... on February 19th, 2008
I beleive it should be a personal decision.I myself am a donor and I have a living will stipulating it!If my children were to pass~ God forbid~ I will also donate their organs.There is too long of lists for people waiting for viable donations and if I can help another,even after death, I will!
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- thats great and very thoughtful of you ...I am a donor as well, just that most donations are over turned by the families even if your on a donor list after you gone which makes it a little hard to tell them to but out ...lol...thanks :)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- Too true! LOL! You are welcome buxtnite! Glad we are friends!:D
  
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  by kitten is smiling... on February 19th, 2008
- oh yeah and an honour to be so ..:):)
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- Aww..Thank-you! I am honoured as well!:D
  
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  by kitten is smiling... on February 20th, 2008
- my pleasure !
  
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by We miss our girl! on February 19th, 2008
I don't see anything wrong with that idea! I mean, you're dead, you don't need them anymore. I think it's awful that sometimes family members can refuse to donate someone's organs, a lot of the time just because they're upset and can't imagine their son's/daughter's (whoever) organ still alive in someone else's body. I guess , just make sure you make it well known what your wishes are, whether it's for or against. Personally, even if my relative was against it and it was my decision, I would still do it. Like I said, they're dead...
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- yeah I agree with you, at least if it were compulsory then the family couldn't interfere and the whole process would be so much smoother and less traumatic on all concerned ...thanks :)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 23rd, 2008
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by Debris - the new slimline version. on February 19th, 2008
I would like to see a system where you Opt Out if you don't want. I have been an organ donor for as long as I can remember and personally cannot understand why a person wouldn't want to help save the life of another person after they have died.

It is all down to choice but a lot of people who are happy to donate their organs, haven't registered or haven't made their next of kin aware of their wishes in the event of death.

Opting out would make it easier for relatives after death and for surgeons who have the awfull job of asking the grieving family for permission.
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- so very very true ...it would make the whole thing so very simple and save time which is the most important part of the whole subject ...bits only last so many hours after you gone ....thanks :)+
  
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by calypso on February 19th, 2008
No. Organs are yours to keep, if you want to donate them, then you can make that choice but not the other way around. The system is just fine the way it is.
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- sadly not for the many people who are awaiting donor organs.
  
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  by Debris - the new slimline version. on February 19th, 2008
- agreed but you can't force people into donating organs.
  
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  by calypso on February 19th, 2008
- oh no, I don't agree with forcing anyone to donate their organs either.
  
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  by Debris - the new slimline version. on February 19th, 2008
- but your not forcing anyone to donate their bits ...they have a choice yes or no and if its done ahead of time and the family can not over turn the decision then it saves time and thats the most important thing is time...:)+
  
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by Jade on February 19th, 2008
No..organ 'donation' should be just that..a donation. Something an individual decides to do or not to do and should not have to fill out forms in order to prevent their body parts being taken when it is possibly against their wishes/beliefs. I am 100% in favor of organ donation...100% against it being done (forced) unless otherwise specified by filling out a form.
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- but your not forced...you have a choice yes or no and its not forms ..its one form only and then no matter what the family can not over turn it (which a vast majority do now) and most importantly it saves time which in transplants is the most vital thing ...thanks :)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- Suppose the form gets "lost"? Suppose they have a major computer "malfunction"? It's compulsory..your family has no say so..they just help themselves to what they want. I am certainly not against organ donation..when I am gone, if I have something that someone needs and is useable..by all means..take it. But compulsory? No. I'm sorry, the government has not exactly proven themselves to be trustworthy and the government already "helps itself" to quite enough. Laws stating that you WILL give body parts unless they have a form stating otherwise..I don't think so. The people have very little left that are their own anymore..that is going way too far.
  
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  by Jade on February 19th, 2008
- ok we will agree to disagree...:)
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- Ok :-)
  
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  by Jade on February 19th, 2008
- :):)
  
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by Anonymoose on February 19th, 2008
No I don't think it should be compulsory. Organ donation is a personal decision made by individuals. Nobody should feel forced into giving up their organs or be made to sign confusing forms when they don't want to. The best way to make your wishes known are to tell your family and to have a living will made and stipulate it in that. Assign one person to be your power of attorney over your living will (somebody you trust will carry out the decisions you made). This gives that person the legal power to carry out your wishes.
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- sorry but I do not see any confusion you either tick yes or no ...simple, and a living will is a great idea but can be challenged by the family and the big thing is your organs are only viable for so many hours after your gone ...so speed is of the utmost importance in this case ...thanks :)+
  
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by shammers still slogging along on February 18th, 2008
I think that would help a lot. When you renew your driver's license, then you would fill out a form that would disallow it.
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- yeah that could be one way ..but family can still over rule it just as they can do now even if your on the donor registry ... and its very hard to do anything when your dead ....:)+
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 18th, 2008
- I didn't know family could over rule when you had the donor sticker on your license. Of course, I don't want to end up one of those "plasticized" bodies they are displaying all over the United States!
  
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  by shammers still slogging along on February 19th, 2008
- oh yeah they can and do , and most doctors don't even bother to see if your on a donor list ... they just ask your family and if they say no ..stiff , and the biggest excuse the families give is its against there religion which in 99% of the cases is just B.S. here in Australia we are having a debate about this .. we have over 6 million on the donor registry but less than 200 operations are done each year from donor organs ...because of families saying no and doc's not looking, we have just had ALL the major religious leaders on T.V. telling people its totally ok to allow donation to happen
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- so this is the question being asked ...should it be made compulsory to do nate and if you don't then fill out the form that say's no
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- Well, I don't know what they'll want from me. I volunteered to be a bone marrow donor a few years ago and they told me that after 63 they wouldn't call me. I figured that was because one's immune system begins declining about that time?
  
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  by shammers still slogging along on February 19th, 2008
- lol..lol I bet it was there insurance companies who have told them your to old ...
  
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  by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on February 19th, 2008
- Ok, my vote is that it's compulsory. If you don't want that to happen, fill out the form stating no.
  
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  by shammers still slogging along on February 19th, 2008
- goodonya!...lol
  
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