Organ transplants
07-04-2013, 04:56 PM
My Advanced Health Directive, which includes such interesting things as no forced living should I end up being a lettuce, carrot or other form of vegetable, also allows for (up to) 60 days of 'life support' of the body for the purpose of harvesting organs for donations should any/all of my organs be of use. I think the clause also has a 30 day life support for tissues and cells excluding blood.
Of course now I am reaching the age where my organs are a little overused to be of any real benefit for most people.
My body is also donated to medical science after death to further the education of medical students.
Whatever remains are left are to be cremated and disposed of in anyway that suits any survivor who may care. My partner had that right until recently, now its up to the state to decide what happens to the ashes and ground bones. Hopefully there is a nice compost heap they can be tossed into.
Personally, I think everyone should be an organ donor/tissue donor for a limited time after brain death (say a month or two) if the body can be kept going.
I admit I do have a little fear of things ending up like the book Coma where patients are purposefully thrown into a coma for the harvesting of organs.
If I need an organ or tissues, I hope they would be available.
I would really like to have my knee replaced with the newer procedure that uses both artificial parts and parts from tissue donors. However it is still considered 'experimental' and one needs to be a millionaire in order to get it since no Health Insurance company would pay for it.
As for the population issue, sterilize everyone chemically for a decade when they get to the point where they can start having kids. There are now implantable 'temporary' devices for both men and women that prevent contraception for about a decade. I can readily see a world where 14-16 year olds are implanted with this device and around 24-26 having the option to use the method for another decade with a minor financial compensation for going to bat for humanity.
Yes this would cause more poor people to opt out of the gene pool - but lets face the reality, there are too many poor people with too many kids who can't feed, clothe, shelter their kids and often end up having kids simply because they can't afford the cost of contraceptives and due to the wages of poverty which lead to horrors such as rape, substance abuse that causes people to forget about contraceptives and the like.
Yes it is a form of Eugenics, which I am also for. Considering the long list of Genetically Linked Disorders that could be virtually wiped out in a single generation I view the idea of opting out of the gene pool to be a very good idea.
Yes I can clearly see purposeful breeding of humans to enhance over all health and fitness of the species. You are lucky I'm not the Dictator of Earth.:tongue:
If we did that, then organ donation wouldn't be as big of a deal as a lot of those transplants are due to inferior genetic code that leads to weaknesses and health issues in future.
To be clear, I do carry a few genetically linked disorders and if I was straight and of breeding stock I would opt out of the gene pool because I for one do not want to pass on those 'risks' to my own children.
Unfortunately we can't trust those in powers to ensure that true equality is used to improve the fitness of the human race. Bigotry, hatred, greed and lust for power leads to horrors like the Nazi Eugenics program(s).
Of course now I am reaching the age where my organs are a little overused to be of any real benefit for most people.
My body is also donated to medical science after death to further the education of medical students.
Whatever remains are left are to be cremated and disposed of in anyway that suits any survivor who may care. My partner had that right until recently, now its up to the state to decide what happens to the ashes and ground bones. Hopefully there is a nice compost heap they can be tossed into.
Personally, I think everyone should be an organ donor/tissue donor for a limited time after brain death (say a month or two) if the body can be kept going.
I admit I do have a little fear of things ending up like the book Coma where patients are purposefully thrown into a coma for the harvesting of organs.
If I need an organ or tissues, I hope they would be available.
I would really like to have my knee replaced with the newer procedure that uses both artificial parts and parts from tissue donors. However it is still considered 'experimental' and one needs to be a millionaire in order to get it since no Health Insurance company would pay for it.
As for the population issue, sterilize everyone chemically for a decade when they get to the point where they can start having kids. There are now implantable 'temporary' devices for both men and women that prevent contraception for about a decade. I can readily see a world where 14-16 year olds are implanted with this device and around 24-26 having the option to use the method for another decade with a minor financial compensation for going to bat for humanity.
Yes this would cause more poor people to opt out of the gene pool - but lets face the reality, there are too many poor people with too many kids who can't feed, clothe, shelter their kids and often end up having kids simply because they can't afford the cost of contraceptives and due to the wages of poverty which lead to horrors such as rape, substance abuse that causes people to forget about contraceptives and the like.
Yes it is a form of Eugenics, which I am also for. Considering the long list of Genetically Linked Disorders that could be virtually wiped out in a single generation I view the idea of opting out of the gene pool to be a very good idea.
Yes I can clearly see purposeful breeding of humans to enhance over all health and fitness of the species. You are lucky I'm not the Dictator of Earth.:tongue:
If we did that, then organ donation wouldn't be as big of a deal as a lot of those transplants are due to inferior genetic code that leads to weaknesses and health issues in future.
To be clear, I do carry a few genetically linked disorders and if I was straight and of breeding stock I would opt out of the gene pool because I for one do not want to pass on those 'risks' to my own children.
Unfortunately we can't trust those in powers to ensure that true equality is used to improve the fitness of the human race. Bigotry, hatred, greed and lust for power leads to horrors like the Nazi Eugenics program(s).
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