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The idea of donating is sound but the fear that hospital staff will not do all they can for you to get at your bits is also very real
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostWhy not?
I read a very interesting account of one of the Luftwaffe bombing raids in WWII. One of the bombs hit a city church and the crater exposed a few dozen graves, splitting open the coffins. In half a dozen there was evidence that the person inside had been trying to escape, one poor female had worn her fingers down to stubs.
That has always put me off donating
Not sure if your tale is one of the urban legends that has grown up around an instinctive fear
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostWhy not?
I read a very interesting account of one of the Luftwaffe bombing raids in WWII. One of the bombs hit a city church and the crater exposed a few dozen graves, splitting open the coffins. In half a dozen there was evidence that the person inside had been trying to escape, one poor female had worn her fingers down to stubs.
That has always put me off donating
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Originally posted by NickNick View PostFor those of you who are already signed up to donate your organs, please also consider donating your brain to medical science.
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/researc...rain_bank.aspx
For thos of you who are not yet signed up to donate organs after your death, why not?
Why not?
I read a very interesting account of one of the Luftwaffe bombing raids in WWII. One of the bombs hit a city church and the crater exposed a few dozen graves, splitting open the coffins. In half a dozen there was evidence that the person inside had been trying to escape, one poor female had worn her fingers down to stubs.
That has always put me off donating
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Originally posted by NickNick View PostFor those of you who are already signed up to donate your organs, please also consider donating your brain to medical science.
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/researc...rain_bank.aspx
For thos of you who are not yet signed up to donate organs after your death, why not?
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Donate your Brain
For those of you who are already signed up to donate your organs, please also consider donating your brain to medical science.
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/researc...rain_bank.aspx
For thos of you who are not yet signed up to donate organs after your death, why not?Tags: None
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