Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
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Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#2A thing to be very proud of
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#3I think this is great for them. I think that depending on national culture, a person may want to die with what they came into this world with. I know that some world religions are against the practice. I say this with full realization that some folks will read that and think “how selfish!!” Regardless of any of our beliefs, organ donation is a very personal choice.
Personally, I wouldn’t go about the issue by shaming nations that don’t belief in the practice. I would instead go about it by having a campaign of information on the life saving benefits of helping others. Undoubtedly someone will tell me that these campaigns exists, but I’d say they don’t do a good enough job yet.
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#4Organ donation attracts a lot of scum elements and dubious practices which require government policy frameworks and oversight. Then the hospitals need to confirm to a lot of paperwork/trail which is cumbersome. If i’m waiting for a kidney, i can wait in a queue to receive it from someone who’s dying or i can “bring my own donor”, maybe a relative. Is the relative really related to me or have i lured him/her with money.
See, not as simple as it sounds.
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#5Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#6Organ donation attracts a lot of scum elements and dubious practices which require government policy frameworks and oversight. Then the hospitals need to confirm to a lot of paperwork/trail which is cumbersome. If i’m waiting for a kidney, i can wait in a queue to receive it from someone who’s dying or i can “bring my own donor”, maybe a relative. Is the relative really related to me or have i lured him/her with mone…
What is the problem exactly with buying a kidney?
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#7Organ donation attracts a lot of scum elements and dubious practices which require government policy frameworks and oversight. Then the hospitals need to confirm to a lot of paperwork/trail which is cumbersome. If i’m waiting for a kidney, i can wait in a queue to receive it from someone who’s dying or i can “bring my own donor”, maybe a relative. Is the relative really related to me or have i lured him/her with mone…
What is the problem exactly with buying a kidney?
Money is persuasive, but can also buy coercive.
If there are no boundaries or rule structures, then the incentives often (always?) bleed into some involved party not having a choice, or a Hobson's choice.
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#8Organ donation attracts a lot of scum elements and dubious practices which require government policy frameworks and oversight. Then the hospitals need to confirm to a lot of paperwork/trail which is cumbersome. If i’m waiting for a kidney, i can wait in a queue to receive it from someone who’s dying or i can “bring my own donor”, maybe a relative. Is the relative really related to me or have i lured him/her with mone…
What is the problem exactly with buying a kidney?
What if the child consents tho
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#9I think what's stopping other countries is that only one can be at the top of a relative ranking.
Re: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries?
#10My first thought has always been to just make it mandatory, or at the very least opt-out instead of opt-in.
I realize those are both very controversial, so I wonder why we don't have a monetary incentive.
i.e. We will pay $1000 for every organ of yours we take to a person you nominate.