i sure as hell hope not because that coroner would be giving up his organs as well in due time. . . if you know what i mean. they're only supposed to do that if the loved one was an organ DONOR, right?

lol... I should hope so too... but I still would like to know the answer from someone who does know...

Even if it is in your will and everybody you know and loves has heard your wishes to donate organs, If even one person contests it, THey may not legally do anything with your body but embalm and bury or burn. If your cousin who you haven't seen in 20 years says that they do not want your organs to be donated, they may not donate your organs.

First of all let's make it clear that if there is a coroner involved then there is a suspicion as to the cause and manner of death. If this is the case then yes if it is necessary to send a sample of the organs for furher research then there is nothing anyone can do. For example: If the coroner wanted to send a sample of Jon Bonet's liver to Harvard University or to the FBI labs for further study then the parents would have no say so. Why because anytime that a coroner's office is involved there is a suspicion of how the person died. They are there to determine for the DA's office if it was natrual, accidental, or homicide. Generally if a person dies in a hospital or at home with Hospice then the coroner's office will not be involved unless the hospital or hospice contacts them about the circumstances. Hospice usually calls the ME and gives them the hour of death and so on. Hospice has already submitted to the ME the paperwork along with the family physician about the terminal illness. The hopsital, well they do the same but not as much in advance as hospice. If someone in your home dies suddenly then the police should be called and they will call the ME's office. The coroner's office sends someone to investigate and if it is determined that the person died as a result of a medical condition or natural causes then they will contact the family and have the body moved to a funeral home. they will do the necessary paperwork to close the case. But if in determining the cause of death they need to send samples to other places for help they can do that. But that usually is not the entire organ just pieces of it. So with all that said, can they take the organ and just randomly send it off for medical research, no. They have no authority to do that.

Few years back: No. Presently: yes in some countries. Previously, as per the law the deceased had to sign an organ donation card allowing the coroners office to donate the hospital the tissues and organs for research or donation. Now some countires have changed the law: by default in every death all organs can be used for transplant unless the deceased has signed the card where he has refused the permission to use the organs.

Mistake post.