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Organ donation with no objections
Indrid Cold
Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
I'm registered as an organ donor but my relatives don't know anything about it. I also happen to know for a fact that there's nothing I could say to make them agree to it.
I've read that hospitals apparently take relatives' wishes into account when it comes to organ donation. I even just got an email saying that they'd "have to agree". If that's the case then there's absolutely no point in my being registered as they'd never let it happen.
Is there any legally binding way to do something like provide a list of people whose opinion I don't want to be taken into account? Would it make a difference in any way that both I and they are foreign nationals?
I've read that hospitals apparently take relatives' wishes into account when it comes to organ donation. I even just got an email saying that they'd "have to agree". If that's the case then there's absolutely no point in my being registered as they'd never let it happen.
Is there any legally binding way to do something like provide a list of people whose opinion I don't want to be taken into account? Would it make a difference in any way that both I and they are foreign nationals?
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As BeckiBoo alludes to, I suggest you simply make it as clear as possible. On that site it mentions being on the register, carrying the card and writing it in your will if you have one.
I doubt any doctors would be willing to get in a fight about your organs though with a bunch of grieving relatives over your dead body, whether they have the right to take them willy-nilly or not
I don't think being a foreign national makes a difference.