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Your link and the posted one about body farms reminds me of the ethical questions raised by an article published in 2007 that got significant coverage: a profes

Your link and the posted one about body farms reminds me of the ethical questions raised by an article published in 2007 that got significant coverage: a professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesia, and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School discussed openly the differences between brain death and heart death, and what that means for organ transplants (for example: some people administer anesthesia to the donating body just in case). It got traction outside the normal readership because... a lot of people didn't know. [Are links to sci-hub ok here? 'Brain Death - Too Flawed to Endure, Too Ingrained to Abandon' by Robert D. Truog, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Summer 2007, https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00136.x https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007....] In my area, you can indicate that you want to be an organ donor on your drivers license. It's a check box. But can you fully understand your decision at the DMV office, and can you fully contain your wishes within a check box? Similarly with the posted links: informed consent is important, even if that means fewer volunteers.

MichaelCollins 4y ago
I seriously considered taking myself off the donor list when I learned that it might subject me to vivisection. But ultimately I decided I wouldn't be willing to turn down being the recipient of an organ donation, so it's a risk I now accept. Anesthetizing donors should be made standard practice though.
- spookybones 4y ago
  I also considered removing myself from the donor list after reading about live vivisection a while back. But, I looked up how to remove oneself as a donor and couldn’t find any information. Also, I renewed my license recently and did not mark that I wanted to be a donor, and it stated that I was one on my new license nonetheless. I am still undecided on the subject because I would like to donate organs to people in need when the time comes, so it doesn’t bother me too much.
  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    It depends on the state of course, but in Washington you can visit a Drivers Licensing Office to update your donation status and get a new card (which is free, if you're only changing your donation status.)
- nomel 4y ago
  > it might subject me to vivisection I’m having trouble finding anything about this. Do you have any references. This is a bit terrifying!
  - Bystander22 4y ago
    It's in this article: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00136.x https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007....

MichaelCollins 4y ago

I seriously considered taking myself off the donor list when I learned that it might subject me to vivisection. But ultimately I decided I wouldn't be willing to turn down being the recipient of an organ donation, so it's a risk I now accept. Anesthetizing donors should be made standard practice though.

spookybones 4y ago
I also considered removing myself from the donor list after reading about live vivisection a while back. But, I looked up how to remove oneself as a donor and couldn’t find any information. Also, I renewed my license recently and did not mark that I wanted to be a donor, and it stated that I was one on my new license nonetheless. I am still undecided on the subject because I would like to donate organs to people in need when the time comes, so it doesn’t bother me too much.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  It depends on the state of course, but in Washington you can visit a Drivers Licensing Office to update your donation status and get a new card (which is free, if you're only changing your donation status.)
nomel 4y ago
> it might subject me to vivisection I’m having trouble finding anything about this. Do you have any references. This is a bit terrifying!
- Bystander22 4y ago
  It's in this article: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00136.x https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007....