IS it me or do people get their priorities wrong.

[alva]

Like I said, here it's the other way around. Personally I don't give a toss what happens to my body, I just don't hope it will put a financial drain on my children/spouse/parents..
For all I care they dump me somewhere , the only demand I have is to wait until I AM dead
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BTW: here the situation now is that if you want to 'donate' your body to science you actually have to pay for it

[Ben Kenobi]

Personally, I agree with organ donation, but I'm not so sure about the mandatory system. People have concerns with abuses, particularly since organs are so valuable.

[alva]

Originally posted by obiwan18
Personally, I agree with organ donation, but I'm not so sure about the mandatory system. People have concerns with abuses, particularly since organs are so valuable.

True, but then it would be stealing, not donating which is a whole different debate IMO.

[Spiffor]

Well, a mandatory organ donation with an opt-out from the individual while alive, or from the family once the individual is dead, seems to be the best solution ot me. It'll sure raise the supply of organs, since all the lazy bones like me won't do rats about it, and those who take offense will quickly go opt out.

[cinch]

I, too, agree with the mandatory harvest with op-out idea. If people really want to save their bodies for whatever reason, they just have to fill out the forms.

With the current system, you get too many apathetic people who really don't care about their bodies post-mortem, but who are too lazy to or just never think of signing up for organ donation.

But that's just me.

[Spiffor]

Cinch : That's exactly what I thought. Thank you for saying it better than me

[alva]

Anyone good with Google too find out hw the situation is in various countries?

[Spiffor]

According to the Yahoo encyclopaedia, in France, it is an simple opt-out system from the living individual or his family. However, surgeons most often ask the family an explicit agreement..
However, to give his organs to scientific research, one has to opt in.

[DAVOUT]

This is clearly a dead end. There will never be enough organs available, with all potential consequences. The main source of valid organs are the car accidents of young people; hopefully this source will not increase significantly.

Whatever pseudo moral pressure are put on people, the prospect of shortage will not change. We have better to finance other ways of cure.

[alva]

IIRC they are already or almost able to grow livers in a labo

[CerberusIV]

Interestingly, it appears that the problems only start when you are dead.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3013049.stm

I didn't know that cremating bodies produced such pollution problems. Next thing they will be telling us is that organ recycling through donation is environmentally friendly.