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Old 22-04-2010, 15:32   #23
joglynne
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Re: the ethics of organ donating

All my family are on the donor register and also carry a donor cards.

I don't feel comfortable with the idea of incentives being offered, anything that links money and donated organs together just feeds the suspicions of people who don't trust the ethics of those people in control of the harvesting and allocation process.

I would like organ donations to be on an opt out basis as I feel that with more donors there would be an increase in the number of organs available and consequently less desperation find a matching organ. Hopefully this would then reduce the suspicions of wrongdoing and manipulation voiced against the medical profession and people in a position to pay or queue jump.
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