Started By
Message

re: Are you an organ donor? And if not, why?

Posted on 6/5/18 at 12:05 pm to
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
65124 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 12:05 pm to
quote:

I'm not due to an irrational fear that doctors won't work as hard to save my life if I'm in a catastrophic accident once they know I'm a donor.


My dad’s best friend feels this way. Cracks me up



I know for a fact their fears are unfounded.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32738 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 12:07 pm to
I know it's irrational, but you can't possibly know it as a fact.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164646 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 12:09 pm to
quote:

I know for a fact their fears are unfounded.


Because you died?
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 6/5/18 at 1:41 pm to
quote:

I know for a fact their fears are unfounded.


I know they are, when he told me that I had never heard of that reason before, thought it was kinda funny.
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
10508 posts
Posted on 6/6/18 at 4:23 am to
quote:

I know for a fact their fears are unfounded


Oh really? Despite documented evidence to the contrary? Here is one story where the patient was being given less treatment because they wanted his organs.

LINK

While it may not happen a lot, it does happen and is something that is often difficult to prove.
Move dealt with physicians hat constantly use he potential for organ harvesting in their decision making process for trying to save a patient. Much of the time, they’d rather not try things that would compromise the organs if it’s a bleak outlook which is counter to their jib to do everything to save the person.

I say this as an organ donor myself, but to say that specific concern is unfounded is just stupid and giving hospitals and physicians too much credit.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram