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you have been identified as having a great match to donate a kidney, your own health will not be affected, if you had a choice would you make any stipulations on who would receive the organ eg age , sexuality, life style, ethnic background , religeon. nationality, ?
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I know it's a hypothetical question but...
As far as I understand it, there's very few examples where a live donation would be performed outside of immediate family and friends. Sometimes, where a family member is willing to give a transplant but is not a tissue match, it can be possible to do a swap with another donor.
And as for ethnic background, donors from the same ethnic background are generally closer matches, so normally you would donate within your own ethnic group anyway.
After I'm dead they may have what they please for whom they please, and indeed, if you're registered on the register
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_beco me_a_donor/registration/consent.jsp
you must necessarily conceed any rights to dictate who may recieve your organs.
As far as I understand it, there's very few examples where a live donation would be performed outside of immediate family and friends. Sometimes, where a family member is willing to give a transplant but is not a tissue match, it can be possible to do a swap with another donor.
And as for ethnic background, donors from the same ethnic background are generally closer matches, so normally you would donate within your own ethnic group anyway.
After I'm dead they may have what they please for whom they please, and indeed, if you're registered on the register
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_beco me_a_donor/registration/consent.jsp
you must necessarily conceed any rights to dictate who may recieve your organs.
Surely if you have been identified as having a great match, one could presume that this would be to a particular person. You wouldn�t get to choose who had your organ, since that person has already been identified. The question should be, would you give it to that person and that can only really be decided once the situation has arisen.
Generally though, providing that person was someone whom I viewed (if able to) would greatly benefit from longevity of life etc, and not abuse the �gift� (George Best springs to mind) then I would have no hesitation to donate regardless of age sex race religion etc.
Generally though, providing that person was someone whom I viewed (if able to) would greatly benefit from longevity of life etc, and not abuse the �gift� (George Best springs to mind) then I would have no hesitation to donate regardless of age sex race religion etc.
i think it would have to be someone i care about, friend or family - and at a push, a child or a really worthy person
the things you listed - i have no prejudices to any of them so they wouldn't be a factor - except perhaps lifestyle - if i thought they would abuse the privelige - like george best did - then no i wouldn't do it.
but i don't think i would just randomly donate to an unknown stranger.
even if your other kidney was fine now - it could go wrong in the future and also any sort of operation involves many risks, so for me it would be very circumstantial.
i think its very noble of everyone to instantly and unconditionally say yes...on here....hypothetically...never going to happen - thats easy - but unfortunately i don't really believe it.
perhaps if it was discovered that i had 3 kidneys, i may be more inclined to risk surgery.
how many of you don't tick the eyeball part on your donor cards?
you do all have donor cards don't you?
the things you listed - i have no prejudices to any of them so they wouldn't be a factor - except perhaps lifestyle - if i thought they would abuse the privelige - like george best did - then no i wouldn't do it.
but i don't think i would just randomly donate to an unknown stranger.
even if your other kidney was fine now - it could go wrong in the future and also any sort of operation involves many risks, so for me it would be very circumstantial.
i think its very noble of everyone to instantly and unconditionally say yes...on here....hypothetically...never going to happen - thats easy - but unfortunately i don't really believe it.
perhaps if it was discovered that i had 3 kidneys, i may be more inclined to risk surgery.
how many of you don't tick the eyeball part on your donor cards?
you do all have donor cards don't you?
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