Poll: Poll: Organ donation opt out

Organ Donation Opt Out, what say ye?

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I've been on the donor list for a long time now, although i'm not too keen on donating my eyes.. Dunno why, probably because its not life-saving and i don't want my face being ripped apart by surgeons :)
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Also, parents should not have the right to refuse a proven and widely accepted treatment for a child whose life will be forfeited should treatment not be given unless it has significant effect on the child's quality of life.

So that is no refusal of blood transfusions because of the parent's religion.
No refusal of real medicine because of crap like homeopathy.
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I'm pretty sure that happens now anyways.
 
I don't have a problem with it now but it does open the door to people being bumped off to order. In the future whats to stop them testing all children in the care system and farming them to match the establishment's needs? I have a gut feeling this will be a road paved with good intentions and septic tanks full of dead children.

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Disagree but IN
 
FortuitousFluke said:
but with the caveat that I'd like the possibility of opting out to be very visible, and revisited at numerous points, e.g. a question when registering with a GP and then revisited 1 year after the decision is made when contacting your GP (e.g I filled in my registration paperwork 18 months ago including the opt out decision, I contacted the GP today for an appointment and they double checked my details including my willingness to donate).
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It already sort of is, when I renewed my driving licence I was asked again about donation so it could quite easily be done.
 
Orcish-Horde said:
I don't have a problem with it now but it does open the door to people being bumped off to order. In the future whats to stop them testing all children in the care system and farming them to match the establishment's needs? I have a gut feeling this will be a road paved with good intentions and septic tanks full of dead children.
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Because i imagine the number of people requiring organs, number of people able to perform the surgery and other resources would be the bottleneck rather than the number of organs available if we were on an opt out system.
 
Orcish-Horde said:
I don't have a problem with it now but it does open the door to people being bumped off to order. In the future whats to stop them testing all children in the care system and farming them to match the establishment's needs? I have a gut feeling this will be a road paved with good intentions and septic tanks full of dead children.

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Disagree but IN
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But there would be a greater supply of organs than there are now. If anything the situation you describe is currently more of an issue than it would be after this.

Besides everyone knows the rich buy children from third world countries for organs.
 
You have got to be some sort of despicable piece of work than rather have your organs used to save a life or more than one life you would rather bury or burn them.
 
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TacticalFish said:
What has it got to do with having paid into the system?
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Well they helped pay for the system that tracks donors and the staff that transplant the organs.

I do agree with the idea. I don't see why someone should be able to profit from such a system but not pay back into it(all on the assumption it's a opt out for no medical reason. Although if you medically can't donate I don't think you'd have to opt out anyway).
 
I had an organ donation card since I was 18. Lost it now, but I'm assuming I'm still on the register. Also the bone marrow register - been recently selected as a potential match for someone... happy to go ahead with it if it turns out I'm a perfect match. If I can save someone's life, I'd like to. Dead or alive.
 
John40 said:
You have got to be some sort of despicable piece of work than rather have your organs used to save a life or more than one life you would rather bury or burn them.
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Not really. You just need to drive your car for a few minutes to see how many unspeakable bell ends there are. Would I wish death on them, no but would I care that they died eventually for whatever reason? No, just like many people dont care that millions of people die every day.
 
Better keeping someone else alive than being eaten by worms. Also a great way to prevent potential future zombie apocalypse.
 
Mynight said:
Well they helped pay for the system that tracks donors and the staff that transplant the organs.
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That's going to be relatively minor though isn't it. Imagine all the NHS services that currently exist that you will never benefit from either. If you feel like it's costing you money then it's more of an incentive to not opt out too, so that your money is't wasted.
 
Mynight said:
Well they helped pay for the system that tracks donors and the staff that transplant the organs.
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An opt out system may even be cheaper considering the number of patients waiting for organs will be minimal. For example, I imagine people waiting on a kidney for months on end requiring regular dialysis cost a fair bit to keep healthy ish.
 
Bear said:
Not really. You just need to drive your car for a few minutes to see how many unspeakable bell ends there are. Would I wish death on them, no but would I care that they died eventually for whatever reason? No, just like many people dont care that millions of people die every day.
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So you don't want to be on the register in case you save a bad driver's life?
 
robfosters said:
Just when I thought the Daily Fail readership couldn’t get any worse, people are actually commenting that they don’t agree with it as they don’t want their organs going to immigrants. WTAF!
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They needn't worry. Pretty sure I remember reading some years ago that there is a particular problem with British Asians in that organ availability for transplant is poor due to a combination of a cultural reluctance to become donors and the fact that White peoples organs tend not to be a good match.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
An opt out system may even be cheaper considering the number of patients waiting for organs will be minimal and imagine people waiting on a kidney for months on end requiring regular dialysis cost a fair bit.
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That's a fair point. I hadn't considered that aspect. Kidney.org is quoting £24,100 per year saving for someone after receiving an organ compared to dialysis. http://www.kidney.org.uk/archives/news-archive-2/campaigns-transplantation-trans-cost-effect/

6,000+ in 2009 waiting on a kidney. Add in benefit to economy when they're able to work again after transplant.

Wonder how other organs stack up.

Must admit I'm surprised it's taken this long. Would have expected it to be implemented many years ago.
 
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