Would you go against your spouse's wishes about organ donation?
Yes. Whether it would be for a friend of mine or someone I don't know, if they were a match and the organ would save a life, that would be the important thing. In life and death situations, I believe that saving a life has to be the priority and I could not deny someone what they desperately needed in order to live.My husband is well aware of my strong position on this.
In the particular case of my husband, I know in my heart that whatever decision he would have made prior to such a situation, in the end he would not want my friend to suffer and die without an organ transplant, and he would not want me to have to let someone else die. This type of thing is exactly why we have both already decided that we would donate our organs. organdonor.gov/ organtransplants.org/ mayoclinic.com/health/organ-donation/FL0....
No, I would not go against his wishes just like I would not want my spouse to go against mine. This is one thing that we should always honor escpecially if it has already been specified. I would however do what I could for the friend that needed the organ.
I wouldn't have to go against their wishes, it's what they would want. We have talked about what to do should one of us become incapacitated, and we both put faith in the other to do what's right. After all, that's why I married them!
They would most certainly want to help someone else, and that's what we would do.
No I don't think it's right to violate someones last wish. Besides if it was against her wishes she would never be tested for it.
No. My husband has been very exact in what he wants done with his body and its pieces. The process requires all organs and is rather important to him.. to go against those wishes for a friend would imply I cared more for the friend than him, and that's simply not possible.
Yes I would. My husband is already dead and there is nothing I can do to him anymore. I believe that once a person has died, he;s not here anymore.
He can't know or care what happens to his body nor will he feels the effect. My friend, however, can still be saved and I have to save him or her or I will regret it for the rest of my life. Caring for those who are still alive is always more important than the dead.
After all, what we do to the dead is actually what we do to ourselves as the dead are already gone.
I suppose it would depend. We actually haven't had this talk yet, but if he had a firm belief that he wanted to be buried with his organs intact, I'm not sure I could forgive myself for sending him on like that. Neither of us are religious, but even as an agnostic, I have some mixed feelings about taking body parts out of someone before burying them.
If he told me that for spiritual reasons, he wanted to take his organs with him, I would tell my friend that I just couldn't do it. If, however (as is the case currently), I didn't know why he wasn't an organ donor or I speculated that he had just never gotten around to doing it (likely), then yes, I would give the friend the organ. As his brain had stopped functioning (though you can bet I'd get a second and third opinion!), I would allow him to die and someone else to live.
I guess we're good proof of why people should talk about living wills!
Many donor families become strong promoters of organ donation. I do not support overriding families' wishes on organ donation as I fear this could have a terribly negative impact. I believe the reaction will be that we'll have many people choosing to opt out because they don't want their family forced into this situation while they are still in shock and not given the time and support needed.
In July 2008 the federal government announced the $151 million funding of the national reform package to establish Australia as a world leader in organ donation for transplantation. The central element was to employ and train doctors and nurses in all the major hospitals to achieve the package's objective. Had the details been implemented as envisaged we would be close to achieving enviable transplantation rates without resorting to draconian measures.
It comes down to how the families are dealt with in the hospital, rather than denying the veto power of families over a loved one's organ donation plans. Brian Myerson is a double transplant recipient and the founder and director of ShareLife. I HAVE worked as a transplant physician for 30 years and know well the grim reality for people waiting for an organ transplant.
I have been a vocal advocate for system reform so an Australian in need of an organ transplant will have the same chance as citizens of countries leading the world in donation rates. Australia is ranked 24th in the world and only about 14 people per million become donors here each year, compared with more than 30 in the leading countries. Given that each donor helps several people, the difference is considerable.
I see first-hand the wonderful transformation that occurs with the ''gift'' of organ donation. To be willing to be an organ donor is to be greatly commended. By this selfless act, donors and their families contribute to saving lives and relieving the suffering of others.
Recipients and their families are forever grateful to that person and the family they have left behind.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.
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