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I carry an organ donation card and have taken part in organ donation signup drives. I find this appalling as well. It's equivalent to the government giving itse
by jhg7877 10y ago
I carry an organ donation card and have taken part in organ donation signup drives. I find this appalling as well. It's equivalent to the government giving itself ownership of your body. How can't it change the relationship between patients and doctors? It's insane. People have also quickly forgotten the organ theft scandals of the last 40 years where hospitals stole organs from bodies for research and profit.
- orf 10y ago> People have also quickly forgotten the organ theft scandals of the last 40 years where hospitals stole organs from bodies for research and profit. Which they wouldn't have done if there was a ready supply of donated organs, instead of a critical shortage.
- jhg7877 10y agoI suggest you do some research about the organ retention scandals in the UK and Ireland and how it affected grieving families. It's horrifying and would make any rational person seriosuly question opt-out organ donation given the unethical behaviour of hospitals for decades. "According to Colgan, babies' bodies were filled with sand, so they would be the correct weight when loved ones held them for the last time. Pituitary glands of thousands of children (and some adults) were sold to pharmaceutical companies unbeknownst to their families."[1] [1] http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-scandal-of-organ-retention-26558440.html http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-scandal-of... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Hey_organs_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Hey_organs_scandal
- orf 10y agoI agree, that does sound pretty bad. But I fail to see how it relates in any way to organ donation. > The Alder Hey organs scandal involved the unauthorised removal, retention, and disposal of human tissue The key word is unauthorised.