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Re: Two others. by Bill Dungsroman 08/17/2004, 11:45pm PDT
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:

Bill Dungsroman wrote:

Transplant sales. Sort of the other end of what I used to do (except with tissue grafts and not organs). Salary, commission, bonuses, weekends, no call. I'm doing it the INC way: les work, more pay, dodgy-yet-important-sounding title (Administrator, Allograft Transplant Services. They don't like to use the word "sales" in transplant).


Random question for you: The back of my license has a box where I can check off if I want to be an organ donator when I die (presumably in a car wreck). How much authority does just checking the box and signing the back of my license have? I know how to "be" Goro -- but what's the best way to "be" an organ donor?


the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!


That all depends on the state in which you die, ICJ. If you die in my state, Nevada, then that little checked box lets me take everything: heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, small intestine, plus eye tissue (even your whole eyes!) and musculoskeletal tissue such as knee tendons and ligaments, Achilles' tnedons, long bones, your mandible, your ribs, and huge chunks of skin from your back and rear thighs. Most states only allow for organ recovery to be consented for on the driver's license. Other states use the DL as an expression of intent, and not consent, which essentially means a transplant coordinator can start his questions to the family as "It appears your loved one desired to be a donor; is this so?" That's fallen out of vogue, though, because it doesn't help much. Research is never consented for automatically. Also, in Nevada and states with similar strict consent laws (I believe Utah is another), technically speaking, if the deceased said Yes on his DL, and the rest of the family says no, TOO BAD. That situation is, surprisingly, extremely rare. Actually, I've seen the reverse more often (especially when talking to adult children; the children say they support donation, but Dad sure as hell didn't). I was never in the business of getting families to consent when they said that their loved one was against it while living.
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                    Two others. by Bill Dungsroman 08/16/2004, 2:34am PDT NEW
                        Do you have a briefcase full of samples? NT by Belbo Baggins 08/16/2004, 2:37pm PDT NEW
                            Your nick is a great pun. I just don't know what the pun is. by Bell Dungsroman 08/16/2004, 3:59pm PDT NEW
                            Bellboy Baggage is angling for a tip NT by Pieter 08/17/2004, 2:27am PDT NEW
                                I knew it was a great pun. NT by Bill Dungsroman 08/17/2004, 12:18pm PDT NEW
                        I was just thinking you might, you know, use your masturbatory powers for good by Entropy Stew 08/17/2004, 12:26am PDT NEW
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