Organ Donation

[adobee]

I am all for it. However I think that there should be a register so that donners can only get donated parts..

 

[numbercruncher]

Yes a donor preference register would be fantastic, would need to have some common sense clauses though, ie / Children dont get to opt for organ donation or probably even understand it, so they should be offered donor parts despite not being donors themselves ..... The donor should also get to choose other things like preference to a young person as opposed to it going to a 90 year old thats on the home stretch anyway etc etc. Need to weed out the cheats whom all of a sudden after getting sick got a guilty conscience , and obviously we wouldnt want parts going to waste, if there is no fellow donor awaiting your parts, non donors then should be made the offer, perhaps in exchange for a cash donation to your family and compulsary signing themselves to the donor register.

 

[Julia]

Not really.

Getting something 'good' out of a teenage suicide? That sounded absolutely gruesome.

The parents should be allowing themselves to feel the grief, not trying to hide it away behind some sort of silver lining.

Her parents walk marathons to raise awareness on organ donation? How about doing marathons to raise awareness of clinical depression & teen suicide! Ugh, I'm sorry. Something about this article just ticked me right off.



Do you notice how the article mentions her death only once? No other explanations, or links for people suffering depression, there's a bloody link for organ donation at the bottom, but no link to a help line for depression?

You make a good point about drawing attention to depression, though surely there's plenty of that already.

Being "ticked off" about the story is your personal reaction. I don't really understand why you find it distasteful.

You use the term "silver lining" in a critical sense. Not sure why really.
If, in their grief, her parents can find some comfort in knowing that another human being has been helped, then surely that's a good thing all round.
Why exactly do you feel their actions are wrong?

 

[treefrog]

I saw that movie "the meaning of life" - they really do take them while you are still kicking - they only need your signature

 

[Julia]

I saw that movie "the meaning of life" - they really do take them while you are still kicking - they only need your signature

If they need your signature what happens if you are unconscious?

 

[Nyden]

You make a good point about drawing attention to depression, though surely there's plenty of that already.

Being "ticked off" about the story is your personal reaction. I don't really understand why you find it distasteful.

You use the term "silver lining" in a critical sense. Not sure why really.
If, in their grief, her parents can find some comfort in knowing that another human being has been helped, then surely that's a good thing all round.
Why exactly do you feel their actions are wrong?

I don't know really, I guess the concept of parents finding any form of joy in the death of their daughter just seems un-natural to me.

I guess my reaction was more a result of the way the article was written, it was worded in very poor taste in my opinion.

This whole subject for some reason just gets under my skin, can you imagine someone being thankful that somebodies daughter committed suicide, so that they may inherit the lungs, or liver?


As mentioned, it was the way the article was written that ticked me off - very bad in taste, this sentence especially;

Korinne's parents were determined to make something good come of what happened.

(More depersonalization)

I guess it's also the fact that the girl has been depersonalized in this article, talked about & referred to as if she was nothing more than the farm for harvest? Hardly any mention of her, what her interests were; only that her lungs went to this guy, her heart went to another guy...and so forth.

And throughout the article; "ads" seem to in place about donating - which I find to be in very poor taste as well. Kind of like having a banner above your bed in hospital that says "Have you considered giving away those healthy lungs of yours?"

I guess I'm emotive about this subject as well because of personal experience; having dealt with suicidal depression for most my life - I feel shunned that it wasn't talked about much! :

I would have thought that her parents would have spent their time & energy in raising awareness of the problem that cost their daughter her life, in the hope of preventing others from falling to the same fate.

 

[treefrog]

If they need your signature what happens if you are unconscious?

oh boy! - thought everyone saw that movie - donor signature from prior - what this thread is on about

 

[DB008]

What l was hoping you would see in that article is that a tragic loss of life ( in this case a teenage suicide), has actually give hope to someone else. Just a case where organ donation actually worked.

 

[Julia]

oh boy! - thought everyone saw that movie - donor signature from prior - what this thread is on about

Just hold off on the sarcasm, treefrog. The other option is that a dying person may not have indicated he/she wanted to donate organs, but the treating doctor will still ask any available family if it might be possible.
What I was attempting to get at is that this is when having an Enduring Power of Attorney is useful. The person nominated as Attorney can then make decisions on behalf of the dying person.

 

[Julia]

I don't know really, I guess the concept of parents finding any form of joy in the death of their daughter just seems un-natural to me.

I guess my reaction was more a result of the way the article was written, it was worded in very poor taste in my opinion.

This whole subject for some reason just gets under my skin, can you imagine someone being thankful that somebodies daughter committed suicide, so that they may inherit the lungs, or liver?


As mentioned, it was the way the article was written that ticked me off - very bad in taste, this sentence especially;


(More depersonalization)

I guess it's also the fact that the girl has been depersonalized in this article, talked about & referred to as if she was nothing more than the farm for harvest? Hardly any mention of her, what her interests were; only that her lungs went to this guy, her heart went to another guy...and so forth.

And throughout the article; "ads" seem to in place about donating - which I find to be in very poor taste as well. Kind of like having a banner above your bed in hospital that says "Have you considered giving away those healthy lungs of yours?"

I guess I'm emotive about this subject as well because of personal experience; having dealt with suicidal depression for most my life - I feel shunned that it wasn't talked about much! :

I would have thought that her parents would have spent their time & energy in raising awareness of the problem that cost their daughter her life, in the hope of preventing others from falling to the same fate.

Thanks, Nyden, for explaining. I understand how you feel now, and yes,
the article could have been written with more sensitivity.

 

[Julia]

The Queensland government is currently inviting submissions regarding possible changes to the organ donation scheme. The closing date for submissions is 15 August.

Queenslanders might like to send an email to support (or object to) the change being considered for an "Opt out" registration rather than the present "Opt in" version.

On the likely basis that many people just don't think about donating their organs should they die, but would be happy for this to happen, it would, I think, greatly assist the poor donation numbers and give many more sick people a renewed chance of life.

The email address is:

organ@parliament.qld.gov.au