Will you donate your organs if you are ever in a tragic car accident that leaves you brain dead? Why or why not?

I am registered organ donor. It is more than just checking off the option when you get your license. Ultimately your family will make the final decision.My view is when I die I won't be needing my organs, my skin, liver, kedneys, heart, eyes and whatever else might save or improve the quality of life for the people around me.

Just think I could give a person who has never been able to see anything the gift of sight. Or I could help a father of 4 be around to see his kids graduate from college.It would be an awful waste for all that stuff to rot inside me, or get incinerated with me, I'd rather be burned than buried. If you want to be an organ donor you should register with your state and talk to your family to let them know you intend to donate.

This way there is no confusion and the parts of you that are still good can move on to help others. Register with your state here: organdonor.gov/donor/registry.shtm.

Yes, I will. In my country, The Netherlands, we have a donor registration, so everyone has to have thought of this question before. In my case, I've answered it with a full 'yes'.

I think saying 'no' is the most selfish thing a human being can do. Once you are (brain) dead, the only thing left is a dead piece of meat, whatever your belief is (which in my case is atheist). The left-over body is no good to me any more, and the only way it can be of a last good use, is by having it used for donorship.

The thing that makes it easier in the case of a brain-dead situation, is my fear of still being conscious after the accident, but unable to interact any more, and to be kept alive in a vegetative state for years and years. That said, I hope I never get into a situation like this, I enjoy life too much as it is :).

I am a registered organ donor and have a living will stating my wishes. It is my desire to 'give life' to anyone who can benefit from my tissues and organs.

Well, I know that we all would sooner or later die but I pray to God that I will live very long. I may sound selfish here but it's what I wish for my own life and I would not wish that situation to happen to me. I know God is so good.

I am not just open to that idea.

I have registered as an organ donor already. I don't see any point to keeping my organs after my death, as I will no longer need them, and they can be of use to others who need replacements or need to study anatomy. I don't think removing my organs (or donating my body to science) harms anyone.In fact, when I die I'd like to have what's left of me be cremated - not for any environmental reason, or to be put to rest in someplace nice, but because I could make it a game for my friends and family to spread my ashes somewhere really random, so they focus on something else for awhile.

I don't believe my soul goes on after I die, and I don't want them to focus on my afterlife happiness - I want them to focus on having fun, and moving on with their lives. So - in answer to your question - yes, I will donate my organs.

I'd like to think I would as there's no point in being buried with parts that'll disintegrate when it could have helped someone. Besides, worms and bugs have more than enough to eat. Organ donation is one of the best gifts you can give someone and a beautiful legacy.

However, on the other hand, there's a part of me that worries that if I pre-signed to have my organs donated, what if I was tended to by a doctor who was more interested in the organs than doing all that s(he) could to save my life. What if the doctor made more of a social-class call than a moral one and deemed my life to be less important than a really rich person or famous person in the next room who needed an organ?

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.