Donating your body to medical science?

[Churchill]

I'm not planning on dying so they're having f**k all!

[threaded]

I'm not planning on dying so they're having f**k all!

But you should!

You'd be a good example for them to learn just how much human skin can stretch.

[Churchill]

But you should!

You'd be a good example for them to learn just how much human skin can stretch.

F**k's sake! You should have a look in the mirror, fat bastard! Can you still bend light?

[lukemg]

Brother is a doc, he says it's standard practice to wheel out the dead bodies in the first week or so to wake a few students up who are there because they like the 'idea' of being a Dr but haven't grasped the reality. Often clears a few out and it's not too late to draft in others.

[Old Greg]

Seems you can't donate your body if you are already donating your organs - seems a bit daft that. There must still be bits that they could practice on.

Very few people get to be organ donors. You have to die in Intensive Care or possible A & E. You can always give any bits they don't use for research.

[MaryPoppins]

Very few people get to be organ donors. You have to die in Intensive Care or possible A & E. You can always give any bits they don't use for research.

All to do with preserving the viability of the organs while the body is still artificially kept alive, I think, before harvesting?

It should be mandatory for all IMO, with the option to de-register for those who wish to.

[dang65]

Chicken..............apparently!

HTH

What, the old "long pig" you mean? Pork, I would have said. I mean, read. Somewhere.

[Mich the Tester]

Yes I will. I've talked to the family and made my wishes clear, and I think I've talked my mother in to donation.

Same here. The health system in Holland won’t use my organs for transplant as I lived in the UK for several years while the BSE problem was at its peak. So, instead, I’ve made it clear that my body should be used for science; seeing as I have my life and my wealth thanks to science and I get so much enjoyment from reading about science it seems to be the least I could do; it’s not as if I’ll need my body when I’m dead.

[Old Greg]

All to do with preserving the viability of the organs while the body is still artificially kept alive, I think, before harvesting?

It should be mandatory for all IMO, with the option to de-register for those who wish to.

You need to be on a ventilator at the time of death or at the time when it is decided that ongoing treatment is no longer in your best interest (i.e. it is futile). Problem with mandatory (opt-out) is that you need the co-operation of the next of kin in order to get a detailed social history to ascertain any risky behaviour (sexual or drug) that might present a risk to potential organ recipients.

[threaded]

Same here. The health system in Holland won’t use my organs for transplant as I lived in the UK for several years while the BSE problem was at its peak. So, instead, I’ve made it clear that my body should be used for science; seeing as I have my life and my wealth thanks to science and I get so much enjoyment from reading about science it seems to be the least I could do; it’s not as if I’ll need my body when I’m dead.

Same here in Denmark. If you've lived in the UK for more than a few weeks you're not allowed to give blood or donate organs.