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Originally Posted by Flyboy
That would not be very fair. It is unlikely that anyone who has a need for a donor organ, that they would be in a position to offer one up in replacement. If a child is born with a dickey kidney, they hardly have the option to decide they will give up their heart if the want a transplant.
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What? I'm not suggesting to get an organ they have to provide one of theirs.
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
What, wait until they are eighteen to become eligible to receive a donated organ?
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Again what? As I said its the parents decision not the child until they are 18
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Originally Posted by joglynne
IMHO playing the equivalent of tit of tat to decide whether someone can be considered a suitable recipient for a donated organ is a very dangerous route to take.
I can understand someone being refused a transplant if they would be actively still putting the new organ at risk. A heavy smoker who doesn't attempt to give up smoking needing a new lung is a simplistic example, but with holding a transplant because you haven't put your own body forward? What if you nip in quickly and register once you find you need a transplant? Would there have to be a qualifying period or maybe, no transplant if you registered after the condition was diagnosed, or, you would have to go to the bottom of the list regardless of how serious your condition was.
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As martyh said make the system opt out. If you opt out from being a donor then you forfeit any option to receive a donation through the organ donar scheme.
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Originally Posted by joglynne
Being in the position of needing a transplant in order to live is a nightmare scenario for anyone, being made to pay with your life for making a wrong choice is inhumane.
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What if that choice was taking up smoking, or not quitting smoking?