[twigs]

I will not sign a donor card either. I have also begun to rethink the entire organ donation practice. I like it less and less as I get older.

[trumandogz]

I will not sign a donor card either.

But would you be willing to accept someone else's organ if need be?

[longtermmemmory]

Given the level of money involved, it is almost becoming needed to have a NON-donor card.

[Polyxene]

“I will not sign a donor card either. I have also begun to rethink the entire organ donation practice. I like it less and less as I get older.”

Double-Dog Dittos and Amen to that!

[trumandogz]

I have also begun to rethink the entire organ donation practice. I like it less and less as I get older.

What would be you opinion of the organ donation process if you or a family member was in need of an organ transplant?

[murron]

I know people who work in the medical field, and they say what happens is that when someone is in an automobile accident, if they are unconscious, the market for organs is so lucrative that there is no real attempt to rescusitate the patient. Pressure is placed upon the next of kin to sign the organ donor form and are told that their loved one is “brain dead” and that there is no hope of recovery. Once that form is signed, it doesn’t matter if the person has any hope of recovery or not, because all attempts to save the accident victim’s life is ceased. BTW, organs are not harvested upon the death of a person. They must be harvested while the person is still alive or they are no good. The patient is declared “brain dead”, and the organs are removed.
This is what I suspect happened in this case, but the patient showed signs of life before anything could be removed, thank God.
Many patients could probably recover if it wasn’t for the organ harvesting.

[aruanan]

I will not sign a donor card either. I have also begun to rethink the entire organ donation practice. I like it less and less as I get older.

The older you get, the less in danger you are.