[Stoat]

Hospitals will be rated for the number of deceased patients they "convert" into donors

Wow.

• But Chris Rudge, of UK Transplant, the authority in charge of organ donation and transplant, insisted patients would not be considered as donors at any point where survival was possible.

How incredibly gracious of them.

 

[ThanhPhero]

One result will be that the practical definition of “death” will be eased up a bit, maybe a lot, for lots of folks.

[Billthedrill]

"But I'm not dead yet!"

[Floyd Rivers]

Ethics abuse potential?

[lowbridge]

bump

[torchthemummy]

The proposals would mean consent for organ donation after death would be automatically presumed, unless individuals had opted out of the national register or family members objected.

Surely if such a position were taken here in the US it would come from the Democrats. Of course the Dems would respond to any resistance to such legislation by saying that people can opt out before the fact but if they didn't, "Oh well - they should have."

With that presumption made, compare that to the documented resistance by the Dems and subsidaries of the idea of showing a valid government-issued photo ID before one can vote by claiming that it is too hard/intimidating for the "most vulnerable citizens".

It is my impression that UK doctors would have strong government support if they disregarded "opt outs" or feigned ignorance or a breakdown in the info from a patient's database that contained the opt out.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

The darkness deepens in once “Great” Britain.

[hinckley buzzard]

Next step is the Peking healthcare model.

[B Knotts]

This is what happens when you devalue the human person through abortion, euthanasia, etc.

[Pinkbell]

There are many problems with this. First of all, it needs to be the choice of the person dying or their family’s if they want to donate their organs upon death. Secondly, with socialist medicine, there is a very good chance that, in order to save money, they will decide certain people would be better off dead. Therefore,they will either rufuse to take steps to prolong or save those people’s lives, or, if euthanasia becomes available, they will euthanize.

As far as the idea of selling one’s organs, that’s morally repulsive. It could lead to a black market for one. Mainly, you can’t put a price on a human life. It devalues and degrades it.

I told my family they can donate my organs when I die, as long as efforts to save me have been exhausted and I am completely dead.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

A little bit more every year. The end goal of all this is COMPLETE control of every aspect of life by a corrupt government.

[steveyp]

Just a short leap for them to begin nosing around into their right to ensure healthy organs from us and therefore we should avoid Cheetos and Budweiser or clotted cream and Newcastle in the Brits case.