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CNA Report "Euthanasia increases organ donations in Canada amid ethical concerns"
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Crocus
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Aside from the ethics of harvesting, I am surprised organs from terminally ill persons would be considered healthy for transplantation, both from disease and from the drugs used to kill them.
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Donkey
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Which is why I am not an organ donor.McQueen cited the scenario of a patient who opts to begin the euthasia process at home and be transferred to a hospital for organ donation as one that sparks “even more ethical and legal problems.” In this case, a patient would essentially be sedated at home and then transported to a hospital for the final dose of lethal medication and then have their organs removed.
At what point, will this happen in a roundabout way for all organ donors? Maybe happening already? Who knows.
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AltarSoldier
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As someone who is in healthcare and actually loves this life I can tell you that the need for organs is crucial. A man in his late 50s early 60s died just days before Christmas because of a terrible liver related problem. He could have been saved if there wasn’t a scarcity of donors (for liver at least).Which is why I am not an organ donor.
At what point, will this happen in a roundabout way for all organ donors? Maybe happening already? Who knows.
Also take into consideration cause of death. Terminally ill patients don’t have useless organs unless specified or noticed by doctors. If an organ of a pt that is dying of a infection or illness that is contagious somehow it won’t be used even if the patient is a donor. I can’t speak for cases of euthanasia because I only seen hospice patients and cases of sudden death in a hospital
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TheLittleLady
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Euthanasia makes one think of a passive act, something being done to another person. The headline puts me in the thinking of “They can decide I am not useful, kill me and steal my organs”.
Suicide, while a great tragedy, is a person making a decision caused by grave suffering. “I am suffering, in great pain, and while I still have faculties I am going to commit suicide. I want some good to come of my death, so, I will be an organ donor”.
The reality is, some of the people with grave medical suffering are those who are waiting on organ transplants. If you have never know someone who is watching themselves fail and die in increments, while you would not approve of suicide, you can understand how a person gets there.
Organ donations are noble, the Cathechism assures us:
2296 Organ transplants are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and psychological dangers and risks to the donor are proportionate to the good sought for the recipient. Organ donation after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as a expression of generous solidarity. It is not morally acceptable if the donor or his proxy has not given explicit consent. Moreover, it is not morally admissible to bring about the disabling mutilation or death of a human being, even in order to delay the death of other persons.
Suicide, while a great tragedy, is a person making a decision caused by grave suffering. “I am suffering, in great pain, and while I still have faculties I am going to commit suicide. I want some good to come of my death, so, I will be an organ donor”.
The reality is, some of the people with grave medical suffering are those who are waiting on organ transplants. If you have never know someone who is watching themselves fail and die in increments, while you would not approve of suicide, you can understand how a person gets there.
Organ donations are noble, the Cathechism assures us:
2296 Organ transplants are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and psychological dangers and risks to the donor are proportionate to the good sought for the recipient. Organ donation after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as a expression of generous solidarity. It is not morally acceptable if the donor or his proxy has not given explicit consent. Moreover, it is not morally admissible to bring about the disabling mutilation or death of a human being, even in order to delay the death of other persons.
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Dan_Defender
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Regardless of the organ donation angle, people should not be condemned to death by health professionals who are ‘absolutely certain’ that they will never recover.
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Dan123
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They often aren’t. From the article they mention:Aside from the ethics of harvesting, I am surprised organs from terminally ill persons would be considered healthy for transplantation, both from disease and from the drugs used to kill them.
There are factors, however, that stack against MAiD patients becoming donors. Those with cancer, for example, which according to a 2018 Canadian Blood Services report accounts for 57 per cent of MAiD deaths in Canada, cannot donate organs. Additionally, current laws stipulate that organ donors must die in a hospital, whereas many MAiD patients choose to die in their homes
I hope if you ever need an organ someone else is more generous.Which is why I am not an organ donor.
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Jen95
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I don’t have to read too many stories like this before I become a bit concerned about being an organ donor:
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