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View Post: otherspoon: Organ Donation and the Black Community.
27 Nov 2009 by LA Neumann  
Organ Donation and the Black Community. I was at the most luscious Thanksgiving dinner last eve with some wonderful friends, old and new. At one point I was talking about my two book projects: a book about death in America; and a literary memoir about death grief and travel. ... Wesley J. Smith, that font of pseudo-ethical "pro-life" banter, has been harping on the invasion of the organ snatchers for some time regarding end of life care and aid in dying. ...
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View Post: Organ Donation – Presumed Consent – Market Solution « Malpoet's Weblog
17 Jan 2008 by malpoet  
It is common for people to say that you cannot put a price on life and there is at the moment, only voluntary, free organ donation, but the truth is that people are dying because of the lack of organs and no amount of extra training, ... In the event of death, the decision of whether organs might be made available for transplant passes to their next of kin. Whether it is a decision taken when they are alive (through holding a donor card) or by relatives after death, ...
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View Post: More Than Meets the Eye: Haitian Vodoun Perspectives on Death and ...
28 Oct 2009 by Yvonne Perry  
More Than Meets the Eye, True Stories about Death, Dying, and Afterlife is for people who are facing challenges presented by bereavement, hospice care, and after-death communication. Preview inside the book. .... Since the body is thought to be necessary for resurrection, organ donation and cremation are not allowed. Autopsy is allowed only if the death occurred as a result of wrong doing or to confirm that the body is actually dead and not a zombie. ...
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View Post: Donate Life Organ & Tissue Donation Weblog: INTERNATIONAL ORGAN ...
19 Nov 2009 by Glenn Matsuki  
Since April, 12 Southampton General Hospital patients who gave organs after dying have saved 41 lives, it added. Skin donation. Trish Collins, the trust's donor transplant co-ordinator, said: "We are striving to make donation following the death of a patient a routine rather than an unusual event, and offer all families the option of organ and tissue donation. "Medical staff and patients who have received organs cannot emphasise enough just how vital donation is to the ...
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View Post: Friendly Atheist by @hemantmehta » An Atheist's Version of Immortality
7 Nov 2009 by Hemant Mehta  
Organ donor after death; however, note that some people should not be organ donors if they suffer from certain diseases. My sister-in-law's nephew is alive today because someone allowed their deceased child's heart to be donated. Former blood donor; however, .... Um, the sort that realizes there's already too many freaking people alive on this earth and that we're dangerously prolonging the life cycle in humans because all too many humans are afraid of dying. ...
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View Post: Organ Donation
28 Sep 2009 by cece2123  
I dont like to think about death and dying. I am so greateful that I get up each morning and that im alive. I pray that i have good health and get to live many many years until im extremely old into my 100's would be phenomenal. ...
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View Post: The Cavalier Daily
Have a heart
11 Nov 2009 by Operations Manager   ...
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View Post: Organ Donation. Opt-in or Opt-out? - Friends Circle - Worldwide ...
16 Nov 2009 by Elaine  
The waiting lists are so long that only people who are in serious danger of dying (but not so serious that the transplant has no chance of success) can get a transplant. The line is much too thin. The rule about organ donation is as follows .... But that's not an issue with donation after death... If the organ can be used to save someone (not all organs are suitable because of conditions, that's true), isn't that better than just letting them fall apart in the ground or ...
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View Post: iPhone Altruism for Potential Organ Donors - Freakonomics Blog ...
26 Oct 2009 by By Freakonomics  
Organ donation is one of the most altruistic things a person can do. And yet, Chapter 3 of SuperFreakonomics spells out, relying on altruism for organ donations has proved to be largely unsuccessful. There are a lot of reasons people give for not signing up as organ donors. ... Second, if you needed the organ that badly I doubt you would be in the physical condition to murder a perfectly healthy person, at that point more than likely your lying in a hospital bed dying. ...
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View Post: Paying Organ Donors: End of Altruism? — The Responsibility Project
27 Oct 2009
Proponents of organ-selling say that with 80000 Americans on kidney waiting lists alone, and 13 dying each day, it's time to stop expecting donors to act solely for altruistic reasons. ... This would still mean less death. As for blood and bone marrow donation – these procedures are hardly painful and you will save lives. There is a shortage of donors, so what you give will help someone in a very significant way. Being a blood and bone marrow donor is only logical. ...
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