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Living Donation Discussion and News => Living Donation Forum => Topic started by: Stpfan44 on October 31, 2013, 10:31:58 PM

Title: How do you....?
Post by: Stpfan44 on October 31, 2013, 10:31:58 PM

Is there any such thing as someone giving all their organs away at once? Is there any procedure of voluntary brain-death? How do you go about it?

Title: Re: How do you....?
Post by: Clark on November 01, 2013, 09:13:55 AM

Giving you the benefit of the doubt that you aren't trolling for an outraged flame war, the closest thing to a tutorial is the film "Seven Pounds", http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814314/ .

Spoiler alert! Don't scroll down if you want an unspoiled film viewing.
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Note that the protagonist breaks several laws, invades a number of individuals' privacy, and the medical and transplant teams involved are somehow kept ignorant of his increasingly self destructive behavior.

Finally, there's no certainty that the method of suicide chosen would result in transplantable tissues.

Title: Re: How do you....?
Post by: Fr Pat on November 01, 2013, 07:34:53 PM

Dear "Stpfan44",
     HI. If you would like to help others with your organs and tissues there are several things that you can do NOW:
--- If you are not already doing so, start donating blood (or blood components) several times a year.
--- Register as a potential living bone marrow donor (if they find a match for you) at www.marrow.org . They will send you the materials to submit a cheek swab to test you.
--- Sign up as an after-death organ and tissue donor now, and make sure your family knows of your desire to do this. Many (most) States now allow you to do this on your drivers license, and some States maintain on-line registries as well. You can also carry a wallet card expressing the same thing.
--- You can also make the arrangements to donate your body to a medical school after death, after usable organs and tissues have been removed, so that future doctors can learn and gain surgical experience with which to help others.
--- There are groups which help people suffering from organ failure and finance research on treatments/cures (e.g. National Kidney Foundation www.kidney.org) that have opportunities for volunteers in their activities.
                      best wishes,
                        Fr. Pat

Title: Re: How do you....?
Post by: Stpfan44 on November 01, 2013, 10:26:46 PM

So there is nothing?
Really.


Thankyou Clark & Pat.