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I guess I wouldn't mind it. Donating, i mean. My husband is totally against it for himself. Religious reasons I guess. But I don't think that the physical body really matters.
That doesn't look right. It's not part of the DMV, doesn't link to the DMV, and it's not a government website. It looks more like a website designed to register people to donate their organs, even though the word "remove" is there.
Mike09 + SFBayBoomer, didnt see your replies until now but looks like you figured it out and validated my post.
does say at the very bottom:
"Donate Life California is the state authorized organ and tissue registry for the State of California." and just above and to the left is a DMV badge as one of their sponsors.
If you go in to renew your license, you'll see the pop up screen with corroborating info. Like I stated in my post, all CA driver license applicants are donors by default now.
- and they ask for ss# too, you "crazy for immigration issues" people!
My solution to the problem is simple: if you are not a registered organ donor for at least five years prior to needing an organ donation yourself, you go "to the back of the line", no matter if your needs are more dire than someone else. The exception to this would be children, whose own clock starts clicking at the age of majority (or maybe even earlier, with the consent of their parents). And maybe, if this new rule doesn't get enough people to sign up as organ donors, maybe if you're not a registered donor, you're not even allowed to go to the end of the line, maybe you are simply deemed ineligible for donation. Harsh? Sure, Harsh but Fair.
I believe this. Years ago I read on the internet that guests in hotels were being found in their bathtubs on ice with one of their their kidneys gone. At least the people doing this took precautions to make sure the donor lived.
Yes those are black market kidneys, but that’s totally outside the world of hospitals.
My friend later told me that he was actually considering allowing the donation at first. But after such behaviour he could no longer accept it. He also made a formal complaint at the hospital.
I've never seen this happen. This has to be the exception, not the rule. Organ donation to me is a no-brainer. We can't let an unusual situation like this prevent us from doing the right thing.
Could you please link to a website article that supports your statement?
I ask this because I have read numerous articles that state that old age is not a deterrent.
https://www.organdonor.gov/about/donors/seniors.html
"There's no age limit to donation or to signing up. People in their 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond have been both organ donors and organ transplant recipients. Below are some facts you should know about donation for people over age 50."
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I have no use for my body parts after I’m dead, so if they could help someone else, that’s great.
If I had a family member who died and a part of them could live on in another person, I think that would give me comfort.
I've never seen this happen. This has to be the exception, not the rule. Organ donation to me is a no-brainer. We can't let an unusual situation like this prevent us from doing the right thing.
People only behave in such a horrendous manner when money is involved.
"“Every person in the chain of an organ donation, except one [the donor], profits,” said Daniel Salomon, an author of the paper and the medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at Scripps Health in San Diego.
That “one” who doesn’t profit is the donor. According to the American Journal of Nephrology, living donors incur out-of-pocket expenses averaging $5,000. While a recipient’s insurance covers the donor’s medical expenses, it won’t cover transportation, lodging, childcare and lost wages.
And families of deceased donors may face higher hospital and funeral costs resulting from donation."
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Organ donors are so scarce that recipients are screened VERY carefully. People are denied all the time. Those with a history of alcohol abuse and/or drug abuse are not eligible. You are mistaken if you think a confirmed lifelong alcoholic will get a liver transplant while a person with a genetic disease is passed over.
I guess that doesn't apply if you are rich. Look at Larry Hagman. Didn't he have two kidney or liver transplants even though he was an alcoholic?
I believe this. Years ago I read on the internet that guests in hotels were being found in their bathtubs on ice with one of their their kidneys gone. At least the people doing this took precautions to make sure the donor lived.
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Yes those are black market kidneys, but that’s totally outside the world of hospitals.
Ha, I just recently bought a book on Urban Legends, and that's one of the first chapters.
There is no actual documented case anywhere of this ever having happened.
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